The colouring black/gold matches the colours of the counts of Hoya who controlled the area of today´s joint community of Bruchhausen-Vilsen and were entitled to levy taxes at that time. Their coat of arms consists of two bear paws standing up and directing outwards on a gold (yellow) coloured surface. Many of the communities located in the Hoya area still maintain those bear paws in their coat of arms today. Erich B. (14/190) chose the colours black and gold very consciously and totally aware of this particular historical background (also see coat of arms > Bornebusch > page 5). It was probably Herman B. (15- 261) who used the colours red and silver for the first time. We find a clue in the coat of arms adjudicated to him on the right side. The presence of the small triangular shield within the first quart of the escutcheon points to the dynasty of the counts of Bruchhausen who lived before the counts of Hoya (also see “History”). They used the red and silver striation in their escutcheon. One of the red bars was maintained in the coat of arms of Vilsen until the 19th century. Hermann B. might have chosen this colouring because in his opinion the Bornbusch farm had already existed long before the counts of Hoya started to rule that area. Having a reference and those rather appealing colours we should keep them, regardless of possible more detailed historical considerations.