The red cross on silver borne in the chief is Electoral Trier's old armorial bearing. The Electorate was the village's former overlord. The golden lily is Mary's attribute, thus representing the municipality's and the church's patron saint, which Mary has been ever since the first chapel was built. The barrow with the urn inside stands for early settlement in what is now the municipality, and for the barrows from prehistory and early history found in the “Linnif” district. The golden wheat sheaf (“garb” in heraldry) recalls that the village arose from an agricultural estate. Agriculture, alongside other businesses that have set up shop, is still important to Zilshausen today.