for today's coat of arms. The cross refers to the former landholder, the Prince-Archbishop-Elector of Trier. "BR" simply stands for the first two letters in the municipality's name. The grapevine and the grapes refer to the municipality as one of the oldest winegrowing centres in the Moselle valley, and the winegrowing itself, which is still a part of local life today. The arms have been borne since 1 February 1957, and they were designed by Dr. Bruno Hirschfeld of Koblenz, after the old seal. Culture and sightseeing Buildings There are many timber-frame houses, a Baroque church with a Stumm organ and ceiling paintings, and a fountain in the village centre. Nearby is the wooded area Briedeler Schweiz ("Briedel Switzerland"). The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: Saint Martin’s Catholic Church (Kirche St. Martin) with graveyard, Römerstraße – Baroque aisleless church, bears years 1773 and 1774; figure of Saint Martin, 1853, Sayn lodge; mission cross; cast-iron graveyard cross, 19th century; grave cross; grave tablet, 1814; whole complex with church and graveyard; down from the church a Heiligenhäuschen (a small, shrinelike structure consecrated to a saint or saints); relief. Eulenturm, or "Owl’s Tower" (monumental zone) – remnants of the village fortifications; part of the east wall and round tower, 1343 (?). Alte Rathausstraße 1 – timber-frame house, partly solid, balloon frame, 16th century. Alte Rathausstraße 2 – timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, 18th or 19th century. Auf dem Bach 1 – timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, mansard roof, late 18th or early 19th century. Auf dem Bach 2 – three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered and slated, essentially possibly from the 17th century. Auf dem Bach 3 – timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, 18th or 19th century. Auf der Bach 4 – timber-frame house, partly solid, mansard roof, latter half of 18th century. Auf der Bach 5 – timber-frame house, partly solid, mansard roof, earlier half of 18th century; Nepomuk figure, 18th century. Balduinstraße 7 – quarrystone house, about 1860. Eltzerhofstraße 3 – timber-frame house, partly solid, earlier half of 18th century. Eltzerhofstraße 11, Moselstraße 36 – former Himmerod estate; plastered building, 17th century, whole complex, Moselstraße 35/36 – double house, half-hipped roof, about 1806. Graf-Salm-Straße 1 – three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, 18th century, possibly older. Graf-Salm-Straße 3 – timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, essentially from the 17th century. Graf-Salm-Straße 4 – timber-frame house,