 The lion on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side is drawn from the arms formerly borne by the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken; it is the heraldic device of the House of Wittelsbach, which ruled Bavaria until 1918.Welchweiler holds its kermis (church consecration festival, locally known as the "Kerwe") on the second weekend in August.Welchweiler's assortment of clubs is not particularly well developed, but there are three