Mittelbergheim

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MITTELBERGHEIM

Département : Bas-Rhin

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Origin/meaning

Mittelbergheim means 'the place between the mountains' in German, even though the village is situated on top of a mountain. The arms thus show three mountains to symbolise the geographical situation.

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The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932

Literature : Les armoiries des communes du Bas-Rhin. Tome IV : Communes du département (Holtzheim à Neuwiller), 1955.