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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)
German Civic Heraldry

DIEZ (Verbandsgemeinde)

State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Rhein-Lahnkreis

Wappen von Verbandsgemeinde Diez

Origin/meaning:

The arms show am image of the Diez castle, standing on a rock over the river Lahn (see image below), symbolised by a blue wavy bar. The bordure shows 24 blue balls, one for each of the municipalities in the verbandsgemeinde.

Wappen von Verbandsgemeinde Diez
The castle at Diez (from Wikipedia)

To the Verbandsgemeinde belong :

  1. Altendiez
  2. Aull
  3. Balduinstein
  4. Birlenbach
  5. Charlottenberg
  6. Cramberg
  7. Diez
  8. Dörnberg
  9. Eppenrod
  10. Geilnau
  11. Gückingen
  12. Hambach
  13. Heistenbach
  14. Hirschberg
  15. Holzappel
  16. Holzheim
  17. Horhausen
  18. Isselbach
  19. Langenscheid
  20. Laurenburg
  21. Scheidt
  22. Steinsberg
  23. Wasenbach

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