Limbach (Kirkel)

LIMBACH Country: Germany State: Saarland District (Kreis): Saarpfalz Kreis (until 1974 Homburg) Incorporated into: 1974 Kirkel Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":49.28450000000000130739863379858434200286865234375,"lon":7.23289999999999988489207680686376988887786865234375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	In silbernem Schild einen blauen schrägrechten Wellenbalken, der begleitet ist, oben von schwarzem gekreuztem Hammer und Schlägel und unten von einer schwarzen gestürzten Pflugschar.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on August 1, 1950.

The wavy bend is a canting symbol, Bach is stream or brook. The miner's tools and the plough iron symbolise mining and agriculture, the two main activities in the municipality.

Literature: Information obtained from the Kirkel Council

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