Limbach (Kirkel)

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LIMBACH

State : Saarland
District (Kreis) : Saarpfalz Kreis (until 1974 Homburg)
Incorporated into : 1974 Kirkel

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on August 1, 1950.

The wavy bend is a canting symbol, Bach is stream or brook. The miner's tools and the plough iron symbolise mining and agriculture, the two main activities in the municipality.