spearhead sable and a staff ensigned with a fleur-de-lis azure per saltire, the whole surmounted by a rose abased gules, and vert an urn with two handles within, issuant from base, the stones of a barrow, all of the first. The spearhead is an actual artefact found in a barrow from La Tène times in 1906. The lily staff is Saint Anne’s attribute, thus representing the figure who has been the parish’s patron saint for centuries. In 1278, the nearby Rosenthal Cistercian Convent, whose armorial bearing was the rose, thus explaining the charge surmounting the other two, was drawing income from the farms in the municipality. The barrow and the urn stand for the local prehistory and early history – there are 28 La Tène barrows in the cadastral area known as “Beulhöchst”, and a further Roman one in the municipal forest. The arms have been borne since 4 February 1994. Culture and sightseeing Buildings The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: Saint Anne’s Catholic Church (branch church; Filialkirche St. Anna), Hauptstraße 15 – brick aisleless church, 1900/1901, architect Lambert von Fisenne, Gelsenkirchen Fountain; basalt, from 1858 Düngenheimerstraße/corner of Hambucher Straße – chapel, Pietà; missionary cross, from 1760 Sängerweg/corner of Hauptstraße – wayside cross, fragment, 1624 On Kreisstraße (District Road) 21, going towards Hambuch – Heiligenhäuschen (a small, shrinelike structure consecrated to a saint or saints), partly timber-frame; cross, from 1830 North of Eulgem – wayside cross, from 1727 North of Eulgem – wayside cross, 18th century References External links Municipality’s official webpage Cochem-Zell