From there the land gently rises to the Alzey Hills in the west, which is the northernmost extension of the Palatinate Forest.

The westernmost portion of the district is crossed by several brooks and covered with forests; it is called the Rheinhessische Schweiz (Rhenish-Hessian Switzerland).

The dragon is the heraldic symbol of the city of Worms, while the fiddle stands for Alzey.

The hero Siegfried killed Fafnir the dragon and gained wisdom from drinking its blood.

The fiddle belongs to Volker the minstrel, another character of the Nibelungenlied, who allegedly had lived in Alzey.