Tiefenthal, Bad Kreuznach

Tiefenthal

Coat of arms

Tiefenthal

Location of Tiefenthal within Bad Kreuznach district

Coordinates: 49°45′34″N 7°54′23″E / 49.75944°N 7.90639°ECoordinates: 49°45′34″N 7°54′23″E / 49.75944°N 7.90639°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Gerlinde Freithofer-Hohenegg

Area

• Total

1.35 km² (0.52 sq mi)

Population (2013-12-31)^[1]

• Total

124

• Density

92/km² (240/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

55546

06709

Website

Tiefenthal is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

Coat of Arms

The coat of Arms of Tiefenthal includes a sword, a hammer, and a lion, each with symbolic significance beyond traditional heraldry. The lion is included because of a local folk tale wherein a pride of lions came out of the nearby forest one day in antiquity and terrorized the town for twelve days and twelve nights, only to disappear at dawn on the twelfth day. To this day, a superstitious fear of all feline animals persists.

The sword and hammer shown in the coat of arms relate to the same story. The town blacksmith is said to have created a sword and a hammer to drive the lions out of town, but neither was finished before the lions left of their own accord. These weapons are said to be buried with the blacksmith who died of grief over his wife, maimed in the lion attack because of his dedication to the creation of the two weapons.

Towns and municipalities in Bad Kreuznach (district)

Abtweiler Allenfeld Altenbamberg Argenschwang Auen Bad Kreuznach Bad Sobernheim Bärenbach Bärweiler Becherbach Becherbach bei Kirn Biebelsheim Bockenau Boos Braunweiler Brauweiler Breitenheim Bretzenheim Bruschied Burgsponheim Callbach Dalberg Daubach Daxweiler Desloch Dörrebach Dorsheim Duchroth Eckenroth Feilbingert Frei-Laubersheim Fürfeld Gebroth Guldental Gutenberg Hackenheim Hahnenbach Hallgarten Hargesheim Heimweiler Heinzenberg Hennweiler Hergenfeld Hochstätten Hochstetten-Dhaun Horbach Hüffelsheim Hundsbach Ippenschied Jeckenbach Kellenbach Kirn Kirschroth Königsau Langenlonsheim Langenthal Laubenheim Lauschied Lettweiler Limbach Löllbach Mandel Martinstein Meckenbach Meddersheim Meisenheim Merxheim Monzingen Münchwald Neu-Bamberg Niederhausen Norheim Nußbaum Oberhausen an der Nahe Oberhausen bei Kirn Oberstreit Odernheim am Glan Otzweiler Pfaffen-Schwabenheim Pleitersheim Raumbach Rehbach Rehborn Reiffelbach Roth Roxheim Rüdesheim an der Nahe Rümmelsheim Sankt Katharinen Schloßböckelheim Schmittweiler Schneppenbach Schöneberg Schwarzerden Schweinschied Schweppenhausen Seesbach Seibersbach Simmertal Sommerloch Spabrücken Spall Sponheim Staudernheim Stromberg Tiefenthal Traisen Volxheim Waldböckelheim Waldlaubersheim Wallhausen Warmsroth Weiler bei Monzingen Weinsheim Weitersborn Windesheim Winterbach Winterburg

References

↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2013". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2014.

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