In 1317, Metzenhausen was raised to quasi-parish by Count Emich von Sponheim, who was also the pastor at Kirchberg.

[5] The German blazon reads: Das Wappen zeigt in von Gold und Blau in sechs Reihen geschachtem Schild einen schwarzen Pfahl, belegt mit silbernem Doppelhaken.

The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Chequy Or and azure, a pale sable charged with a cramp palewise argent.

[6] The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[7] Worth seeing is the Chapel of the Assumption of Mary from the 15th century, whose quire was built in the Gothic style.

It also has stained glass windows depicting Archbishop of Trier Johann III of Metzenhausen.