Amt Brebach

AMT BREBACH Country : Germany State : Saarland District (Kreis) : Regionalverband Saarbrücken Incorporated into: 1974 Saarbrücken Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":49.20750000000000312638803734444081783294677734375,"lon":7.0534999999999996589394868351519107818603515625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on November 15, 1953.

The arms show a cogwheel, symbol for the many industries and (former) watermills in the area. The seven spokes refer to the (then) seven municipalities in the Amt.

To Amt Brebach belonged:

• Bischmisheim
• Bliesransbach
• Brebach-Fechingen (1959 Brebach, Fechingen)
• Bübingen
• Güdingen
• Schafbrücke (since 1960)
• Scheidt

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Literature: Lehne and Kohler, 1981