Neukirchen (Mehlingen)

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NEUKIRCHEN

State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Kaiserslautern
Incorporated into : 1939 Mehlingen

Official blazon

In Blau eine goldbedachte silberne Kirche mit goldenem Tor und goldenem Kreuz, beseitet von zwei den Turm haltenden Eichhörnchen.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1936.

The arms are canting, showing a (new) church (Kirche). The squirrel is taken from the arms of the Otterberg Abbey, to which the area belonged until 1567.