Scheidt (Saarbrücken)
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SCHEIDT
State : Saarland
District (Kreis) : Saarbrücken
Amt : Amt Brebach (until 1974)
Incorporated into : 1974 Saarbrücken
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on July 22, 1958.
The arms show the Scheidterbach river ans a cogwheel for the local hammer- and oil-mills. The three spokes refer to the three villages in the municipality, Scheidt, Neuscheidt and Scheidterberg. The base shows three diamonds, that refer to the agate-polishing factory in the municipality.
Literature : Lehne and Kohler, 1981