Elzweiler
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ELZWEILER
State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Kusel
Verbandsgemeinde : Verbandsgemeinde Altenglan
Origin/meaning :
The arms were granted on April 7, 1975.
The arms are a combination of the anchor, used by the village as shown below for more than a century. The meaning of the anchor is not known. In the arms the upper half shows the lion of the Counts of Pfalz-Zweinbücken, who ruled the village for a long time. center
The previous unofficial arms.
Literature : Debus, 1988