Glan-Münchweiler

GLAN-MÜNCHWEILER Country : Germany State : Rheinland-Pfalz District (Kreis) : Kusel Verbandsgemeinde : Oberes Glantal (until 2017 Glan-Münchweiler) Additions 1969 Bettenhausen 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":49.4722000000000008412825991399586200714111328125,"lon":7.44160000000000021458390619955025613307952880859375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	In Rot der heilige Pirmin in goldenem Bischofsgewand, mit goldener Mitra, in der Rechten ein goldbeschlagenes rotes Buch , in der Linken ein goldener Krummstab, wachsend über einem blauen Schild, darin ein silberner Pfahl.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on July 14, 1969.

The arms show a bishop with before him a small shield with the arms of the Von der Leyen family. The village was founded by the Hornbach Abbey, probably already in the 8th century, and became a possession of the Von der Leyen family in 1486. The bishop may refer to the monastery and would then be St. Pirminius.

The composition is known from a village seal on a document from 1564, but the seal may be older.

Literature: Debus, 1988

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