Verbandsgemeinde Bruchmühlbach-Miesau

VERBANDSGEMEINDE BRUCHMÜHLBACH-MIESAU

State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Kaiserslautern

Official blazon

German	In von Schwarz und Gold bzw. Rot und Silber achtfach geteiltem Schildbord, auf silbernem Dreiberg, darin fünf schwarze Bollen 2:1:2, durch einen silbernen Faden von Schwarz und Rot gespalten, rechts ein rotbewehrter und -bezungter goldener Löwe, links ein blaubwehrter und -bezungter silberner Löwe, einander zugekehrt.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on September 12, 1979.

The arms show the golden lion of the Pfalz, for the villages of Miesau and Elschbach, which were historically a possession of the Counts of the Pfalz, later Pfalz-Zweibrücken. The silver lion is taken from the arms of the Counts of Homburg, who, in medieval times, ruled most of the other villages in the Verbandsgemeinde. The base refers to the Sickinger Höhe region, which is symbolised by the hills (höhe) and the balls taken from the arms of the Lords of Sickingen. Several of the villages were ruled by the Lords of Sickingen in the 17th century.

To the Verbandsgemeinde belong :

• Bruchmühlbach-Miesau
• Gerhardsbrunn
• Lambsborn
• Langwieden
• Martinshöhe

Literature: Debus, 1988

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