 It was the arms of the Lords of Herbstenburg who bought the castle in 1509 and ruled the village.The emblem was granted in 1967.Here, in a tiny wood cabin in the pine forests close to Toblach, in the summers of 1908–10 Gustav Mahler composed his ninth symphony, the last he completed, and Das Lied von der Erde, and also began work on his tenth symphony.