„Gules, a ladder per bend accompanied in chief by a water lily leaf both Argent.“ 
The arms were granted on December 4, 1969. The ladder is canting - "Scala dei" (= Himmelsleiter - Jacob´s ladder) is the latin translation. The water lily leave symbolises the former belonging to Tecklenburg county.
Wappenbeschreibung der Gemeinde Hopsten
unknown - constructed and added by Jürgen Krause