Reifenberg
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REIFENBERG
State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Südwestpfalz
Verbandsgemeinde : [Verbandsgemeinde Thaleischweiler-Fröschen]]
Origin/meaning :
The arms were granted on May 4, 1964.
The village was a possession of the Counts of Homburg until 1447. Their arms, a silver lion in red, are shown in the right half. The golden lion and the diamonds are taken from the arms of the Dukes of the Pfalz-Zweibrücken, who succeeded the Counts of Homburg in 1447. The diamonds, the arms of <a href=Bayern|Bayern]], are taken from the family arms of the Dukes (Wittelsbach).
Literature : Debus, 1988