The three blue bends on a golden background come from the arms formerly borne by the lesser noble family of Ottenstein, whose seat, albeit already forsaken in the 14th century, lay within Girkenroth's current limits.

In the village itself the von Ottensteins had property in the Late Middle Ages and early modern times.

The background tincture green refers to the woodlands growing around the community and the pasture farming that is important here to this day (there was a communal livestock herd until the 1960s).

Agriculture, as the most important basis for food production into the 20th century, is also symbolized by the golden grain ear.

The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.