 The charge in the upper field is the Veldenz lion.Reichweiler, if it ever did belong to the County of Veldenz, only did so for a short time, but this charge was nonetheless included in the coat of arms because every municipality in the "Amt Burglichtenberg in Berschweiler" (Birkenfeld district), to which Reichweiler belonged at the time, assumed this same charge, and because the Veldenz lion also appeared in the arms borne by the Dukes of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (Reichweiler belonged to Palatinate-Zweibrücken from 1559 to 1793).The combination of charges in the lower field is meant to represent the sun god's symbol found at the Mithraic monument ("Mithrasdenkmal") in the municipality.