 The beech leaves in the arms refer to the geographical location in the High Spessart and are canting for the community's name ("Buchen" is German for “beeches”).The wavy fess (horizontal band) symbolizes the community's location in the Elsava valley.The combination of the wavy fess and the cogwheel refers to the hammerworks that was running in the 18th and 19th centuries in the outlying centre of Höllhammer.