Frankenstein

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FRANKENSTEIN

State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Kaiserslautern
Verbandsgemeinde : Verbandsgemeinde Hochspeyer

Official blazon

German

In Blau eine aufsteigende eingebogene rote Spitze, darin auf grünem Dreiberg eine eintürmige silberne Zinnenburg , rechts ein goldener Balken, links zwei über eins gestellte silberne Rautensteine. Origin/meaning The arms were officially granted on November 2, 1926. The arms were designed by Otto Hupp in 1926. He based the design on the two known old seals of the village, dating from 1743 and the 18th century. The first shows the local castle (ruins) and 3 square stones. The second shows a castle (not like a ruin) and three diamond-shaped stones. The castle is the local castle, the stones are probably derived from the arms of the Lords von Waldbrunn, who partially owned the village in the 18th century. In the oldest seal the stones, however, were not shown as on the Waldbrunn arms. It is also doubtful whether the family already owned parts of the village when the seal was made. The stones could also be interpreted as a canting element for the -stein part of the name. In any case the castle and the diamond shaped stones from the 2nd seal and the Lords of Waldbrunn were combined with the arms of the founders of the castle, the medieval Lords of Frankenstein (who got extinct in 1360). Contact and Support Contact Facebook Instagram Donate with Paypal Donate with WhyDonate eBay shop Rare heraldic book downloads Partners: Meijerink heraldic bookshop Webaldic heraldic identifying programme Nederlands Genootschap voor Heraldiek Armorial de France Homunculus / Heraldicum Disputationes De Raaf heraldic design Your logo here ? Contact us © since 1995, Heraldry of the World, Ralf Hartemink Index of the site Literature : Debus, 1988