Wirschweiler

In the wake of the French Revolution, Wirschweiler was part of the Department of Sarre, and more locally, of the arrondissement of Trier.

In the course of administrative restructuring in Rhineland-Palatinate, Wirschweiler was grouped in 1969 into the Birkenfeld district and the Verbandsgemeinde of Herrstein.

[5] The German blazon reads: Schild durch einen halben goldenen Schräglinkswellenbalken geteilt, vorne in Rot ein blaugezungter goldener Löwenrumpf nach links, hinten rot-silber geschacht.

The bend sinister (slanted stripe) refers to the border brook, the Gladenbach, between Wirschweiler and Sensweiler, which once marked where the “Hinder” County of Sponheim and the Waldgraviate-Rhinegraviate met.

The “chequy” pattern on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side is a reference to the village's former allegiance to Sponheim.

Coat of arms
Coat of arms