Gonbach
GONBACH
State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Donnersbergkreis
Verbandsgemeinde : Verbandsgemeinde Winnweiler
| German |
In viergeteiltem Schild, oben rechts von Blau und Silver und Rot geteilt, in Silber ein liegendes rotes Weberschiffchen, oben links in Silver ein rotes Eichhörnchen, eine goldene Eichel in den Pfoten haltend, unten von Gold und Blau gespalten, darin ein sechsstrahliger Stern in verwechselter Farbgebung. |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on May 18, 1983.
The first quarter shows the arms of the Lords of Flersheim, with the addition on of a shuttle as a symbol for the weaving industry in the village in the 1st half of the 19th century. The second quarter shows the squirrel from the Otterberg Abbey, which had many possessions in the area before the Reformation. The lower half shows the arms of the last lords of the village, the Lords von Wieser.
Literature: Debus, 1988