Verbandsgemeinde Deidesheim

VERBANDSGEMEINDE DEIDESHEIM

State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Bad Dürkheim

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on December 3, 1982.

The arms combine the arms of the former States to which the area belonged; the cross of the State of Speyer and the lion of the Pfalz. The grapes symbolize the importance of viticulture in the region. The bordure is the common symbol for a Samtgemeinde.

To the Verbandsgemeinde belong :

• Deidesheim
• Forst an der Weinstrasse
• Meckenheim (Pfalz)
• Niederkirchen bei Deidesheim
• Ruppertsberg

Literature: Debus, 1988

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