[citation needed] In 1468 the village was granted the right to hold regular markets.

The market rights were held by Waldsassen Abbey until about 1803, when the monastery holdings were secularized.

[6] Three green fir trees stand on a silver background behind a leaping red deer.

[8] After a supposedly miraculous healing from partial paralysis while in her twenties, Therese Neumann reportedly developed stigmata on her hands, feet and side and every Friday for years, and relived the passion of Christ in visions.

[citation needed] There are also small businesses in the town, and some residents work in forestry.