Woustviller

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WOUSTVILLER

Département : Moselle

Official blazon

De gueules au pal d'argent chargé de trois losanges d'azur, accompagné de quatre roses tigées et feuillées d'argent mouvant du pal.

Origin/meaning

The arms were adopted on November 29, 1961.

The pale and the roses are taken from the arms of teh Counts of the Leyen and Bliescastel, former lords of the village. The three diamonds refer to the three villages in the current municipality which were destroyed during the Thirty Years War; Hildemannsweiller, Bergweiller and Brühl.