Walshausen
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WALSHAUSEN
State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Südwestpfalz
Verbandsgemeinde : Zweibrücken-Land
Origin/meaning :
The arms were granted on July 22, 1982.
The upper half shows a mill wheel for the former watermills in the region, and wheat-ears for the agricultural character of the region. The lower half shows the lion of the Counts of Zweibrücken, the oldest known Lords of the village (until 1399).
Literature : Debus, 1988