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'''BIRKENFELD'''
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Verbandsgemeinde : [[Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld]]
Verbandsgemeinde : [[Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld]]


[[File:birkenfe.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:birkenfe.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
 
====Official blazon====


{| class="wikitable"
|+Official blazon
|-
|'''German'''
| In Blau auf grünem Hügel ein bewurzelter Baum in natürlichen Farben, dessen Stamm belegt mit einem rot-silbern geschachten Schild.
|-
|'''English'''
| blazon wanted
|}


====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted October 23, 1923 and are based on the oldest known seal of the city, dating from 1577.  
The arms were granted October 23, 1923 and are based on the oldest known seal of the city, dating from 1577.  


The arms show a birch tree as a canting symbol (Birke). The chequered shield is the arms of the Counts of Sponheim, who ruled the village and city (city rights were granted in 1332) from the 13<sup>th</sup> century until 1437. The number of fields in the small shield varies as it is not officially described.  
The arms show a birch tree as a canting symbol (Birke). The chequered shield is the arms of the Counts of Sponheim, who ruled the village and city (city rights were granted in 1332) from the 13<sup>th</sup> century until 1437. The number of fields in the small shield varies as it is not officially described.  


Hupp showed a variant with much less fields :
===Image gallery===
[[File:birkenfeld.hagd.jpg|center]]
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
File:Birkenfeld (Nahe)1892.jpg|alt=Wappen von Birkenfeld (Nahe)/Arms (crest) of Birkenfeld (Nahe)|The municipal stamp shown in 1892
File:Birkenfeld.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Birkenfeld (Nahe)/Arms (crest) of Birkenfeld (Nahe)|The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925
File:Birkenfeld (Nahe)54.jpg|alt=Wappen von Birkenfeld (Nahe)/Arms (crest) of Birkenfeld (Nahe)|The arms in the city (image Ralf Fischer)
File:Birkenfeld (Nahe)4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Birkenfeld (Nahe)/Arms (crest) of Birkenfeld (Nahe)|The arms in the city (image Ralf Fischer)
File:Birkenfeld (Nahe)3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Birkenfeld (Nahe)/Arms (crest) of Birkenfeld (Nahe)|The arms in the city (image Ralf Fischer)
</gallery>
 


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[[Literature]] : Stadler,1964-1971
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler,1964-1971


[[Category:German Municipalities B]]
[[Category:German Municipalities B]]

Latest revision as of 08:49, 27 December 2023

BIRKENFELD

State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Birkenfeld
Verbandsgemeinde : Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld

Wappen von Birkenfeld (Nahe)/Arms (crest) of Birkenfeld (Nahe)
Official blazon
German In Blau auf grünem Hügel ein bewurzelter Baum in natürlichen Farben, dessen Stamm belegt mit einem rot-silbern geschachten Schild.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted October 23, 1923 and are based on the oldest known seal of the city, dating from 1577.

The arms show a birch tree as a canting symbol (Birke). The chequered shield is the arms of the Counts of Sponheim, who ruled the village and city (city rights were granted in 1332) from the 13th century until 1437. The number of fields in the small shield varies as it is not officially described.

Image gallery





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