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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)
German Civic Heraldry

SÜDWESTPFALZ (PS)
until 1997 Pirmasens

State : Rheinland-Pfalz

Origin/meaning:
The arms were granted on December 20, 1972.

The district historically belonged to the Pfalz and to the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg. This is symbolised in the arms with the lion of the Pfalz and the chevrons of Hanau.

Verbandsgeinden and municipalities in the Südwestpfalz :

Dahner Felsenland

  1. Bobenthal
  2. Busenberg
  3. Dahn
  4. Erfweiler
  5. Erlenbach bei Dahn
  6. Fischbach bei Dahn
  7. Hirschthal
  8. Ludwigswinkel
  9. Niederschlettenbach
  10. Nothweiler
  11. Rumbach
  12. Schindhard
  13. Schönau
  14. Wieslautern

Hauenstein

  1. Darstein
  2. Dimbach
  3. Hauenstein
  4. Hinterweidenthal
  5. Lug
  6. Schwanheim
  7. Spirkelbach
  8. Wilgartswiesen

Pirmasens-Land

  1. Bottenbach
  2. Eppenbrunn
  3. Hilst
  4. Kröppen
  5. Lemberg
  6. Obersimten
  7. Ruppertsweiler
  8. Schweix
  9. Trulben
  10. Vinningen

Rodalben

  1. Clausen
  2. Donsieders
  3. Leimen
  4. Merzalben
  5. Münchweiler an der Rodalb
  6. Rodalben

Thaleischweiler-Fröschen

  1. Höheischweiler
  2. Höhfröschen
  3. Massweiler
  4. Nünschweiler
  5. Petersberg
  6. Reifenberg
  7. Rieschweiler-Mühlbach
  8. Thaleischweiler-Fröschen

Waldfischbach-Burgalben

  1. Geiselberg
  2. Heltersberg
  3. Hermersberg
  4. Höheinod
  5. Horbach
  6. Schmalenberg
  7. Steinalben
  8. Waldfischbach-Burgalben

Wallhalben

  1. Biedershausen
  2. Herschberg
  3. Hettenhausen
  4. Knopp-Labach
  5. Krähenberg
  6. Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach
  7. Saalstadt
  8. Schauerberg
  9. Schmitshausen
  10. Wallhalben
  11. Weselberg
  12. Winterbach

Zweibrücken-Land

  1. Althornbach
  2. Battweiler
  3. Bechhofen
  4. Contwig
  5. Dellfeld
  6. Dietrichingen
  7. Grossbundenbach
  8. Grosssteinhausen
  9. Hornbach
  10. Käshofen
  11. Kleinbundenbach
  12. Kleinsteinhausen
  13. Mauschbach
  14. Riedelberg
  15. Rosenkopf
  16. Walshausen
  17. Wiesbach

Literature : Linder and Olzog, 1996.


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