This was, among other things, a secret NATO bunker at the Erbeskopf that was used for air surveillance in Central Europe during the Cold War.

[1] The German blazon reads: In schräglinksgeteiltem Schild vorne rot-silber geschacht, hinten in Schwarz ein goldenes Köhlerfeuer.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per bend sinister chequy gules and argent, and sable a charcoal maker's fire Or.

The “chequy” pattern on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side is a reference to the village's former allegiance to the “Hinder” County of Sponheim, Oberamt of Birkenfeld.

The charge on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side, the charcoal maker's fire, refers to a legend about the village's founding: On the right bank of the Trau, on what is now Börfink's location, a man named Balduin Hartmann is said to have built the first charcoal-making operation, named Balduinshäuschen after him.