Ellenberg (Birkenfeld)

ELLENBERG

State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis):Birkenfeld
Verbandsgemeinde:Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld

Official blazon
German	Im schräglinks geteilten Schild vorne rot-silbern geschacht, hinten in Grün ein liegender goldener Hammer, darüber drei schräggestellte goldene Ähren.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on July 22, 1965.

The arms are a combination of the checquered field of the arms of the Counts of Sponheim, to which the area historically belonged, and in the base three wheat ears and a hammer. The wheat ears symbolise the agricultural character of the municipality, whereas the hammer symbolises the presense of iron in the soil.

The arms in the town (image Ralf Fischer)

Heraldic Bibliography:Heyen und Zimmer, 1966

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