 The tinctures sable and Or (black and gold) are a reference to the village’s former allegiance to the Counts of Veldenz or Palatinate-Zweibrücken, depending on the source, while the lion in gules (red) refers to another former lord, the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken or the Rhinegraves of Grumbach, again, depending on the source.The crags and the wavy fess on the chief are canting charges for the municipality’s name, "Stauf" being an archaic word for “crag” in German (the usual word is "Fels" or "Felsen"), and the wavy fess standing for a brook, or in German, "Bach", namely the Reichenbach.The crags to which the arms refer are the Heidenburg.