Ueß belonged until the end of feudal times to the Electoral-Cologne "Amt" of Nürburg, symbolized in these arms by the parting “per fess embattled” (that is, horizontally, but with a pattern resembling battlements on a castle wall) in the chief. The wavy line of partition setting this chief off from the main field is meant to symbolize the local brook, variously called the Üßbach or the Uess-Bach (these are both pronounced the same way, and there are yet other spellings). Standing in Ueß is a mighty, thousand-year-old, Romanesque churchtower, which has become the main charge in the municipality’s arms. Also recalling the former allegiance to the Electorate of Cologne are the tinctures argent and sable (silver and black – Cologne’s colours) in which the churchtower is rendered.