Malstatt-Burbach

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MALSTATT-BURBACH

State : Saarland
District (Kreis) : Regionalverband Saarbrücken
Incorporated into: 1909 Saarbrücken

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 4, 1897.

The arms show in the upper half the lion of Saarbrücken, as the city historically belonged to the County Saarbrücken, and in the lower half two crossed hammers and a pair of pliers, symboling mining and industry.

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The seal from around 1900

Literature : Lehne and Kohler, 1981