sentences:  The tinctures of the two stripes forming the chief are the colours of both Electoral Palatinate and the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken.The church is a canting charge for the village's name, which means “old church”.The arms have been borne since 1986 when they were approved by the now defunct "Regierungsbezirk" administration in Neustadt an der Weinstraße.