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 The arms were officially granted on July 23, 1974.
-Fifteen out of Seventeen municipalities in the Verbandsgemeinde historically were part of Luxembourg. Thirteen of these were ruled by the Abbey of Echternach. The cross is taken from the seal of the Abbey. The wavy bend symbolises the Sauer river, which forms the current border with Luxembourg.
+The cross is taken from the seal of the Abbey of Echternach, as 13 out of the 17 municipalities in the Verbandsgemeinde historically belonged to the Abbey (the others to the Lordships Bettingen and Burscheid or the County Vianden).
+The wavy bend symbolises the Sauer river, the current border with Luxembourg.
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 The following municipalities belonged to Verbandsgemeinde Irrel :<br/>