 According to researchers Dolch and Greule, Reichartsweiler may originally have been a homestead kept by somebody named Richard, and Rehweiler may likewise have been such a thing held by somebody named Raho, and nothing at all to do with roe deer ("Reh" in German); the charge in the coat of arms is merely a canting element.The name Reichartsweiler has appeared in several forms over the ages