The saw is Saint Joseph’s attribute, thus representing the municipality's and the church's patron saint since the time when the branch chapel was built in 1698. The roses are meant to refer to the Rosenthal Convent, which once had a great deal of holdings in the village. Himmerod Abbey, too, quite early on held an estate in Brieden, and drew tithes, thus explaining the charge consisting of two rings, drawn from the Abbey's arms. The urn is an actual artefact from the 8th or 9th century that was unearthed in 1959 in the traditional cadastral area known as Steinreich.