Verbandsgemeinde Pirmasens-Land

VERBANDSGEMEINDE PIRMASENS-LAND

State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Südwestpfalz

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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on January 27, 1978.

The area of the Verbandsgemeinde historically was ruled by the counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg and later by the Counts of Hessen-Darmstadt. The arms thus show the arms of Hanau and the striped lion of Hessen. The bordure is the symbol for a Verbandsgemeinde and is shown in the colours of Hessen.

To the Verbandsgemeinde belong :

• Bottenbach
• Eppenbrunn
• Hilst
• Kröppen
• Lemberg
• Obersimten
• Ruppertsweiler
• Schweix
• Trulben
• Vinningen

Literature: Debus, 1988

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