Ersfeld

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ERSFELD

State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Altenkirchen
Verbandsgemeinde : Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld (until 2020 Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen (Westerwald))

Official blazon

(de) Durch einen silbernen Schrägbalken, belegt mit einer blauen Wellenleiste, geteilt; oben in Grün eine silberne bewurzelte Eiche, unten in Rot ein linksgewendeter, doppelschwänziger, herschauender, blau bewehrter und blau gezungter goldener Löwe. |- |English | No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation |}

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 2007.

The lion is taken from the arms of the Counts of Sayn, to whom the village hostorically belonged. The bens symbolises the Peschbach river, the oak refers to the local forests.