sentences:  The scallop shell below the lion is the hermit saint Judoc’s attribute, thus representing the old Hoppstädten church’s patron saint.The arms have been borne since 1987 when they were approved by the now defunct Rheinhessen-Pfalz "Regierungsbezirk" administration in Neustadt an der Weinstraße.The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments