 The orbs stand for Saint Nicholas, the town's patron saint.The coat of arms was granted on 18 July 1908.Owing to Nieheim's advantageous location on the north-south-running East Westphalia Road ("Ostwestfalenstraße"), otherwise known as Federal Highway ("Bundesstraße") B252, connections to Autobahnen A 2 (Hanover-Ruhr area) and A 44 (Dortmund-Kassel) are right at hand.