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| | '''Birkenfeld''' can refer to: |
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| |width="70%" align="center" |'''Heraldry of the World<br/>Civic heraldry of [[Germany]] - [[Deutsche Wappen|Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)]]'''
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| |}<seo title="Wappen, Gemeindewappen" />
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| | | *[[File:birkenfe.jpg|60 px]][[Birkenfeld (Nahe)]], a city in the Birkenfeld district, Germany |
| '''BIRKENFELD'''
| | *[[File:birkenfe.kreis.jpg|60 px]][[Birkenfeld (kreis)]], a district in Germany |
| | | *[[File:birkenf2.jpg|60 px]][[Birkenfeld (Württemberg)]], a city in the Enzkreis district, Germany |
| State : [[Rheinland-Pfalz]]<br/>
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| District (Kreis) : [[Birkenfeld (kreis)|Birkenfeld]]<br/>
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| Verbandsgemeinde : [[Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld]]
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| [[File:birkenfe.jpg|center]]
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| ====Official blazon====
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| ====Origin/meaning====
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| The arms were granted October 23, 1923 and are based on the oldest known seal of the city, dating from 1577.
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| The arms show a birch tree as a canting symbol (Birke). The chequered shield is the arms of the Counts of Sponheim, who ruled the village and city (city rights were granted in 1332) from the 13<sup>th</sup> century until 1437. The number of fields in the small shield varies as it is not officially described.
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| Hupp showed a variant with much less fields :
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| [[File:birkenfeld.hagd.jpg|center]] | |
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| [[Literature]] : Stadler,1964-1971 | |
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| [[Category:Rheinland-Pfalz]]
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| [[Category:Granted 1923]]
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