The lion refers to the Counts of Veldenz, who had an allodial holding in the village as early as 1257. The charge on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side, the bell, comes from a local folktale that tells of how monks from the Schwarzen Monastery kept their bells from being seized by the warring parties in the Thirty Years' War by putting them underwater in the brook. The plough on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side recalls agriculture, which over centuries was Schwarzen's livelihood.Description and explanation of Schwarzen’s arms
