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Verbandsgemeinde : [[Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld]] | Verbandsgemeinde : [[Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld]] | ||
[[File:birkenfe.jpg|center]] | [[File:birkenfe.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''German''' | |||
| In Blau auf grünem Hügel ein bewurzelter Baum in natürlichen Farben, dessen Stamm belegt mit einem rot-silbern geschachten Schild. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted October 23, 1923 and are based on the oldest known seal of the city, dating from 1577. | The arms were granted October 23, 1923 and are based on the oldest known seal of the city, dating from 1577. | ||
The arms show a birch tree as a canting symbol (Birke). The chequered shield is the arms of the Counts of Sponheim, who ruled the village and city (city rights were granted in 1332) from the 13<sup>th</sup> century until 1437. The number of fields in the small shield varies as it is not officially described. | The arms show a birch tree as a canting symbol (Birke). The chequered shield is the arms of the Counts of Sponheim, who ruled the village and city (city rights were granted in 1332) from the 13<sup>th</sup> century until 1437. The number of fields in the small shield varies as it is not officially described. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Birkenfeld (Nahe)1892.jpg|alt=Wappen von Birkenfeld (Nahe)/Arms (crest) of Birkenfeld (Nahe)|The municipal stamp shown in 1892 | |||
File:Birkenfeld.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Birkenfeld (Nahe)/Arms (crest) of Birkenfeld (Nahe)|The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
File:Birkenfeld (Nahe)54.jpg|alt=Wappen von Birkenfeld (Nahe)/Arms (crest) of Birkenfeld (Nahe)|The arms in the city (image Ralf Fischer) | |||
File:Birkenfeld (Nahe)4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Birkenfeld (Nahe)/Arms (crest) of Birkenfeld (Nahe)|The arms in the city (image Ralf Fischer) | |||
File:Birkenfeld (Nahe)3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Birkenfeld (Nahe)/Arms (crest) of Birkenfeld (Nahe)|The arms in the city (image Ralf Fischer) | |||
</gallery> | |||
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[[Literature]] : Stadler,1964-1971 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler,1964-1971 | ||
[[Category:German Municipalities B]] | [[Category:German Municipalities B]] | ||