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Crest.........Village of Damflos, Germany

The Village lies near the head waters of the "Prims"
(a small creek or small river)
The earliest recorded settlers inhabitating the area before 1600 were called iron smelters or "Stucken" in German.
The name Schmidt comes from this period and refers to an iron worker in the smelters.
The origins of the Town can be traced to 1700 when charcoal production was the main source of income for the iron smelting industry of the Saarland (35 miles south).
The early inhabitants of the "Waldhuttendorf"
(village in the woods with huts) lived a frugal life.
They supplemented their income with home-based manufacturing of wooden household products such as spoons and pegs.
As geneologist Walter Petto in his work "Einwohner von Zusch, Damflos, 1574-1820" shows, many inhabitants left the area for Hungry and North America.
The Coat of Arms shows the two crossed Wooden Spoons in gold on blue and a red "Wolfangel" (a trap for catching wolves and foxes) on gold beneath the equal red and white, the symbology of the COUNT OF SPONHEIM.

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