Demandt-Renkhoff (Hessisches Ortswappenbuch, 1956, S. 124 f) state that the Wheel of Mainz originally replaced seal representations of Saint Stephen’s stoning – a reference to Saint Stephen’s Monastery in Mainz as patronage lords of Nackenheim’s Saint Gereon’s Church.
Demandt-Renkhoff (Hessisches Ortswappenbuch, 1956, S. 124 f) assert that the Wheel of Mainz initially substituted emblematic representations of Saint Stephen’s stoning – a reference to Saint Stephen's Monastery in Mainz as benefactors of Nackenheim's Saint Gereon's Church.