 On 20 March 1980, municipal council adopted a resolution to introduce a municipal coat of arms.Approval to do so was received from the Rheinhessen-Pfalz "Regierungsbezirk" administration in Neustadt an der Weinstraße on 26 September of that year.Also in 1980, on the night of 16 August, a heavy storm raged over the southern part of the Kusel district, bringing heavy rainfalls and consequent serious flooding.