Palatine Lion
After the Second World War the Palatinate Lion re-emerged as the regional symbol of the Palatinate, for example, on postage stamps in the French Zone of Occupation. Following the creation of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1946, to which the Palatinate belonged, the Palatine Lion occupied a central place in the state coat of arms of Rhineland-Palatinate. The other elements of the Rhineland-Palatine coat of arms are the Wheel of Mainz ("Mainzer Rad") and the Cross of Trier ("Trierer Kreuz"). Even the semi-official coat of arms of the Province of Palatinate, which existed from 1946 to 1968 and dated to the 19th century, bore the Palatine Lion, which after the inclusion of the former territories of Electoral Mainz and Electoral Trier, symbolised the region of the present-day Palatinate.
Erdesbach
With the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria after French times in 1816, Erdesbach belonged to the "Bürgermeisteramt" (“Mayoralty”) of Ulmet, the "Landcommissariat" (later "Bezirksamt", then "Landkreis", or rural district) of Kusel and the "bayerischer Rheinkreis", the part of the kingdom that was not contiguous with the rest to the east. The kingdom's borders, as defined by the Congress of Vienna, remained thus until 1945 (by which time the monarchy had ended and Bavaria was now the Free State of Bavaria). With the formation of the new state of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1947, consisting of the "Regierungsbezirke" of Koblenz, Trier, Montabaur, Rheinhessen and Pfalz, a new political order was created in the southwest of what was shortly to become West Germany. Later, the "Regierungsbezirke" of Montabaur and Rheinhessen were dissolved and integrated into the "Regierungsbezirke" of Koblenz and Pfalz respectively; in 2000, all the state's "Regierungsbezirke" were dissolved, and in their stead arose the "Aufsichts- und Dienstleistungsdirektion" (ADD. roughly “Directorate of Inspection and Services”), which is now responsible for the whole of Rhineland-Palatinate.