Frauenberg
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FRAUENBERG
State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Birkenfeld
Verbandsgemeinde : Verbandsgemeinde Baumholder
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on April 23, 1965.
The arms are a combination of the checquered field of the arms of the Counts of Sponheim, to which the area historically belonged, and in the lower half a female bust and a castle. The latter are canting elements refer to Countess Loretta von Sponheim (Frau = lady), who built the local Frauenburg castle.
Literature : Heyen und Zimmer, 1966