Usch (Eifel)

USCH (EIFEL)

State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm (until 1969 Bitburg)
Verbandsgemeinde : Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land (until 2014 Verbandsgemeinde Kyllburg)

Official blazon
German	Von Silber über Rot geteilt, oben ein roter Sparrenbalken, unten drei goldene Ähren.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on ?

The upper half shows the arms of the Conrad Husch, the oldest known governor of the village for the Bishops of Trier in 1340. The lower half shows three wheat-ears as a symbol for St. Walburgis, the local patron saint.

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