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'''HAMMERSTEIN'''

State : [[Rheinland-Pfalz]] <br/>
District (Kreis) : [[Birkenfeld (kreis)|Birkenfeld]]<br/>
Incorporated into: 1969 [[Idar-Oberstein]]

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|'''German'''
| In schräggeteiltem Schild vorne in Silber ein blauer schräglinker Wellenbalken, begleitet oben von einem schwarzen geschliffenen Edelstein, unten von einem liegenden schwarzen Hammer; hinten rot-silbern geschacht.
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===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted on July 8, 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 lower half a canting hammer and stone (Stein) symbolising the gemstone industry in the village. The wavy blue bar represents the Nahe river.  


[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Heyen und Zimmer, 1966

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[[Category:German Municipalities H]]
[[Category:Rheinland-Pfalz]]
[[Category:Birkenfeld]]
[[Category:Granted 1965]]