Neukirchen (Mehlingen)
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NEUKIRCHEN
State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Kaiserslautern
Incorporated into : 1939 Mehlingen
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted in 1936.
The arms are canting, showing a (new) church (Kirche). The squirrel is taken from the arms of the Otterberg Abbey, to which the area belonged until 1567.
Literature : Debus, 1988