 The arms share with Plauen und Adorf the motif of the Plauen Vögte, that is a left-facing lion with doubled tail and aggressive tongue.Markneukirchen's first railway station was on the Chemnitz-Aue-Adorf Line near Siebenbrunn.In 1909 the Stichbahn railway from Siebenbrunn to Erlbach opened with a station near the post office and in the town centre.