Amt Herrstein

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AMT HERRSTEIN

State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Birkenfeld
Incorporated into : Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 10, 1963.

The arms combine elements of the former states and territories to which the different parts ofthe Amt belonged; the checquered field of the Sponheim county, the lion taken from the arms of the Wildgrafen and the cross of the State of Trier. The bordure symbolises the 24 municipalities in the Amt.