Ottweiler (kreis)

	LANDKREIS OTTWEILER (OTW) Ottweiler District Country : Germany State : Saarland Incorporated into: 1974 Neunkirchen 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":49.36331295000000096706571639515459537506103515625,"lon":7.09016929619556268704627655097283422946929931640625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	Geteilt von Blau und Silber, oben ein wachsender, goldgekrönter und rotgezungter, mit goldenen Schindeln besäter goldener Löwe, unten vorne eine blaue, goldbebutzte und -bespitzte blaue Rose, hinten ein schwarzes vierspeichiges Zahnrad.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on August 22, 1961.

The arms show the lion of Nassau, the rose of the city of Ottweiler and the wheel of Neunkirchen. The largest part of the district was owned by a branch of the counts of Nassau (Nassau-Saarbrücken, later Nassau-Ottweiler) from 1381-1792. Thus the lion of Nassau was used in the arms. The two other symbols are taken from the arms of the two major cities in the district.

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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