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The upper half shows seven waves and 5 'roofs', which refer to an old rhyme about the village :<br> | The upper half shows seven waves and 5 'roofs', which refer to an old rhyme about the village :<br> | ||
'Bockert hätt si'eve | 'Bockert hätt si'eve Hötte on fiev Pötte' (Bockert has sevel wells and five houses). | ||
The two beech leaves are canting, Bockert is derived from Buchenholz (beech forest). The two leaves refer to the former hamlets of Ober- and Unterbockert. The colours are those of Prussia (black-silver) and its Rhine province (green-silver), as the village developed under Prussian rule. | The two beech leaves are canting, Bockert is derived from Buchenholz (beech forest). The two leaves refer to the former hamlets of Ober- and Unterbockert. The colours are those of Prussia (black-silver) and its Rhine province (green-silver), as the village developed under Prussian rule. | ||