Meckenheim (Pfalz)

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MECKENHEIM

State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Bad Dürkheim
Verbandsgemeinde : Verbandsgemeinde Deidesheim

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 6, 1926.

The arms show the quartered field of Pfalz-Bayern, used on the local seals since 1473. The letter M as a distinction was added in 1531. This seal remained in use until 1793 and was granted as arms in 1926.

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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