sentences:  The central charge in the escutcheon’s upper field, the book, is Saint Nicholas’s attribute, thus representing the municipality's and the church's patron saint.This is flanked by a hammer and a pick, together a traditional symbol for mining, which was once undertaken at the "Grube Camilla", a lead and zinc mine, where prospecting was being done as early as the 18th century.The escutcheon's lower half is a reference to the village's former allegiance to the Lordship of Braunshorn.