Bischofsdhron

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BISCHOFSDHRON

State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Bernkastel-Wittlich (until 1969 Bernkastel)
Incorporated into : 1975 Morbach

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on ?

The arms are canting showing a bishop's mitre and the Drohn river. The mitre refers mainly to the influential Balduin von Luxemburg, Archbischof of Trier, after whom the village was named in the 14th century.