Schneckenhausen

SCHNEKENHAUSEN

State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Kaiserslautern
Verbandsgemeinde : Verbandsgemeinde Otterbach-Otterberg (until 2014 Verbandsgemeinde Otterberg)

Official blazon

German	Von Schwarz und Silber geteilt, oben fünf silberne Bollen 2:1:2, unten eine rote Schnecke mit Schneckenhaus.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on March 22, 1960.

The arms combine a canting snail (Schnecke) with the silver balls taken from the arms of the Lords of Sickingen, to which the area historically belonged.

Literature: Debus, 1988

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