Coats of Arms
The blazon of the arms reads: "Above the golden bottom crossed with a red bar above three red shingles, the shield is split in red and silver. On the left is a silver diagonal bar coverd with three red roses; on the right, a red castle tower with a hipped roof.“
The red tower is the “Nuremberg Tower”, the landmark of the village for many centuries. The bottom of the shield are the arms of the Vögte and Freiherren von Hunolstein, the owners and rulers of Merxheim for four hundred years. But the village's original owners are remembered by the silver bar with three red roses. These arms were used in 1437 by Rorich von Merxheim.
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