Tiefenthal, Bad Kreuznach

Tiefenthal
Tiefenthal
Location of Tiefenthal within Bad Kreuznach district
Coordinates	49°45′34″N 7°54′23″E / 49.75944°N 7.90639°E / 49.75944; 7.90639Coordinates: 49°45′34″N 7°54′23″E / 49.75944°N 7.90639°E / 49.75944; 7.90639
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Bad Kreuznach
Municipal assoc.	Bad Kreuznach
Mayor	Gerlinde Freithofer-Hohenegg
Basic statistics
Area	1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi)
Elevation	180 m  (591 ft)
Population	128 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	95 /km2 (246 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	KH
Postal code	55546
Area code	06709
Website	www.tiefenthal.de

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, and 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.

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf.