Verbandsgemeinde Pirmasens-Land
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VERBANDSGEMEINDE PIRMASENS-LAND
State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Südwestpfalz
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on January 27, 1978.
The area of the Verbandsgemeinde historically was ruled by the counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg and later by the Counts of Hessen-Darmstadt. The arms thus show the arms of Hanau and the striped lion of Hessen. The bordure is the symbol for a Verbandsgemeinde and is shown in the colours of Hessen.
To the Verbandsgemeinde belong :
Literature : Debus, 1988