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The arms were granted in 1955. | The arms were granted in 1955. | ||
The arms are a combination of the lion of the Pfalz, the cross of Speyer, grapes as a symbol for the wine-growing in the area and the escutcheon with the arms of the Counts of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Landeck, who founded in 1260 the city of Landau. Both the Lords of the Pfalz and the Monastery of Speyer owned large parts of the district. | The arms are a combination of the lion of the Pfalz, the cross of Speyer, grapes as a symbol for the wine-growing in the area and the escutcheon with the arms of the Counts of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Landeck, who founded in 1260 the city of [[Landau in der Pfalz|Landau]]. Both the Lords of the Pfalz and the Monastery of Speyer owned large parts of the district. | ||
The white bar with the grapes symbolises the Weinstrasse, that runs through the district. | The white bar with the grapes symbolises the Weinstrasse, that runs through the district. | ||