Verbandsgemeinde Pellenz
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VERBANDSGEMEINDE PELLENZ
State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Mayen-Koblenz (until 1969 Mayen)
Official blazon
- (old)
- (new) Geviert, in 1: Ein rotes Balkenkreuz in Silber, in 2: Rot bekrönter Löwe, in 3: In Blau ein silberner Pfahl, in 4: Schwarzer Vulkan mit Gesteinsbrocken.
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted in 2017.
The red cross refers to the State of Trier, to which a large part of the area historically belonged. The lion is the arms of the Pfalz region, as parts of the area historically belonged to the Pfalz.
The third quarter shows the arms of the Counts Von der Leyen, local Lords in most of the villages in the Verbandsgemeinde. The volcano in the fourth quarter refers to the volcanic rocks and soils in the municipality, as well as the (former) stone quarries. The five rocks refer to the five municipalities.
The former arms:
Unfortunately we have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms yet.
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