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The arms were granted on April 7, 1975.
The arms were granted on April 7, 1975.


The arms are a combination of the anchor, used by the village as shown below for more than a century. The meaning of the anchor is not known. In the arms the upper half shows the lion of the Counts of Pfalz-Zweinbücken, who ruled the village for a long time. [[elzweil2.jpg|center]]<br/>The previous unofficial arms.
The arms are a combination of the anchor, used by the village as shown below for more than a century. The meaning of the anchor is not known. In the arms the upper half shows the lion of the Counts of Pfalz-Zweinbücken, who ruled the village for a long time.  
 
Before 1975 the municipality used the arms below, which were never officially granted:<br/>
[[File:elzweil2.jpg|center]]


[[Literature]] : Debus, 1988
[[Literature]] : Debus, 1988
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