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'''FRAUENBERG'''
*[[File:frauenberg.jpg|60 px]][[Frauenberg (Nahe)]], a municipality in the Birkenfeld district, Germany
 
*[[File:frauenbe.jpg|60 px]][[Frauenberg (Steiermark)]], a municipality in the Steiermark State, Austria
State : [[Rheinland-Pfalz]]<br/>
District (Kreis) : [[Birkenfeld (kreis)|Birkenfeld]]<br>
Verbandsgemeinde : [[Verbandsgemeinde Baumholder]]
 
[[File:frauenbe.jpg|center]]
 
====Origin/meaning====
The arms were officially granted on April 23, 1965.
 
The arms are a combination of the checquered field of the arms of the Counts of Sponheim, to which the area historically belonged, and in the lower half a female bust and a castle. The latter are canting elements refer to Countess Loretta von Sponheim (Frau = lady), who built the local Frauenburg castle. 
 
[[Literature]] : Heyen und Zimmer, 1966
 
[[Category:German Municipalities F]]
[[Category:Rheinland-Pfalz]]
[[Category:Birkenfeld]]
[[Category:Granted 1965]]

Revision as of 10:53, 6 September 2013

Frauenberg can refer to :