During the time of the Protestant reformation, Kurtscheid was situated on the border of the County of Wied and the Archbishopric of Cologne.

Therefore, they demolished 11 houses which were situated on the duke's territory and rebuilt them on the archbishop's catholic part of the village.

Seating in the elected council:[3] (Status: local elections on June 7, 2009) The crossed bars taken from the coat of arms of the County of Wied and the black cross coming from the Archbishopric of Cologne's coat are reminders of the century-long separation of Kurtscheid into parts belonging to the County of Wied and to Cologne, respectively.

The mountain with three hills represents Kurtscheid's geographic position as highest municipality in the district of Neuwied.

The silvern gear wheel represents both the former silver and iron ore mines and today's industry.