 As to the other, the meaning of the Imperial apple ("Reichsapfel" – the globus cruciger) was unclear.Demandt-Renkhoff (Hessisches Ortswappenbuch, 1956, S. 124 f) state that the Wheel of Mainz originally replaced seal representations of Saint Stephen’s stoning – a reference to Saint Stephen’s Monastery in Mainz as patronage lords of Nackenheim’s Saint Gereon’s Church.Likewise, the municipal sign with Stephen’s stoning in it, which at first looked more like a , underwent a gradual shift to a globus cruciger, which is why this form is used in the current municipal arms.