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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)
German Civic Heraldry

NOCHERN

State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Rhein-Lahnkreis (until 1969 Loreleykreis)
Verbandsgemeinde : Loreley

Wappen von Nochern

Origin/meaning:
The arms were officially granted on June 4, 1974.

The upper half of the arms shows a grape vine and wheat ears, symbolising the agricultural character of the village. The colours are those of Nassau, as the village became part of Nassau in 1802. The fleur-de-lis is taken from the oldest, probably 17th century, seal of the village, which only showed such a fleur-de-lis. The meaning is not known. The colours are those of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen, who rule dthe village from 1185-1479.

In the 1950s it was proposed to use only the fleur-de-lis as arms for the village :

Wappen von Nochern

Literature : Köhn, 1994; Hessisches Wappenbuch, 1956


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