Ellweiler
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ELLWEILER
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis):Birkenfeld
Verbandsgemeinde:Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld
German | In geteiltem Schild oben eine rote Elchschaufel in Gold, unten ein rotbewehrter, -gezungter und -gekrönter wachsender goldener Löwe in Schwarz. |
English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on August 15, 1963.
The upper half shows a canting elk's antler (Elch-elk/moose) in the colours of the arms of the former Lords of Hunolstein. The lower half shows the lion of the Duchy Pfalz-Zweibrücken, to which the area historically belonged.
Literature:Heyen und Zimmer, 1966
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