The charges in this escutcheon refer to the municipality's history. As early as 1462, the Winneburg-Beilstein noble family, whose arms were charged with a bend dancetty (zigzag slanted stripe) on a field strewn with crosses, held the village of Gillenbeuren as a fief, and also the high court jurisdiction. The sword is Saint Martin's attribute, thus representing the church's patron saint. The three ears of wheat refer to the village's beginnings as a feudal estate that was bound to hand its produce over to the feudal lords, and also to agriculture, a pursuit still undertaken in the municipality.