The bend dancetty (diagonal zigzag) and the billets (little rectangles) are charges drawn from arms once borne by "Hans von Pumere" and bearing the year 1368, as recorded in a tapestry at Burg Eltz, a local castle. The annulets, or rings, are a charge borne by the former Himmerod Abbey, who had the biggest landholdings in Pommern. The first vineyard was transferred to the Abbey as early as 1234 by Arnold von Braunshorn. By the 18th century, the Abbey still held responsibility for the church building, as it drew the whole tithe; in 1786 the Abbey built a new, Early Classicist church. The rectory that stands today, the former "Himmeroder Hof", is said to be the "loveliest rectory in the Diocese of Trier".