 The German blazon specifies a silver wheel ("belegt mit einem sechsspeichigen silbernen Rad"), although the example shown here has a golden wheel.This wheel – the Wheel of Mainz – and the bend sinister – the slanted stripe, so called because at the top it begins on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side – stand for the community's history, lasting from the 13th century until 1803, as an Electoral Mainz holding; the tinctures gules and argent (red and silver) were Mainz's colours.The blue wavy bend sinister stands for the community's location at the forks of the Sailauf and the Steinbach, two local brooks.