 The arms group together charges representing the village's history.Rutsweiler's past as part of the "Reichsland" (Imperial Domain) and various Palatine lordships is symbolized by both the globus cruciger (called a "Reichsapfel" in the German blazon, “Imperial apple”) and the lion, both of which are shown in the tinctures borne by the County of Veldenz.The local mountain, the Potzberg, is represented by the mount of three, a charge known in German heraldry as a "Dreiberg".