Coat of Arms
On the coat of arms, the right half represents the Sonnenstein, a hill very close to the town. On the upper left quarter, the Mainz Wheel represents the Archbishopric of Mainz, and the lower left quarter shows two crossed hammers indicative of potash mining and symbolising the environment. Over many decades, mining was of enormous economic importance.
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