Hochheim (Worms)
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HOCHHEIM
State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Worms
Incorporated into : 1898 Worms
Origin/meaning
The arms were published in 1956, but I don't know whether the arms were actually adopted.
The arms are based on the oldest seal of the village, known from 1696. It shows a cross on some unknown element, which could be a horseshoe or a circle or half of a ball. It has been speculated that it symbolised the Himmelskron monastery, or that it symbolised the Kur-Pfalz (Palatine), as both owned the village for some time. In the first case the arms could be canting, a crown (Kron) with a cross (Himmel=heaven). In the second it could have been an orb, as the Counts Palatine elected the emperor.
Literature : Hessisches Wappenbuch - Ortswappen, 1956.