Allenbach (Hunsrück)

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ALLENBACH

State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Birkenfeld (until 1969 Bernkastel
Verbandsgemeinde : Herrstein

Official blazon
German	In schräglinks geteiltem Schild vorne in Blau eine goldene Burg mit schwarzen Fenstern und einer Tür, aus der ein zweigeteilter silberner Wellenbalken zeigt, hinten rot-silbernes Schach.
English	(Hunsrück) No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on ?

The arms show in the upper half the design, which already appeared on 18th century seals of the village. The lower half shows the arms of the Counts of Sponheim, to which the area historically belonged.