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coat of arms, granted to the village in 1896 based on a seal from 1381, is supported by the
Palatine Lion. The detail was created out of Red Main sandstone in 1964 for an octagonal trough at the municipal fountain by a firm of stonemasons from the town on the occasion of the naming of the
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in the mid-13th century along with its blue and white lozenged coat of arms. For centuries the golden lion on a black field and the blue and white lozenges were used as the family coat of arms of the
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has a ceiling mural dating to 1463/64, which depicts coats of arms. Amongst the 15 shields displayed, those of the
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