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Under a red shield head in white, red armored and tongued black eagle.
The municipal flag and the coat of arms from 1270 showed an eagle and a three-leaved linden tree with flowers. An illustration of the coat of arms in the Tschachtlan chronicle from 1470 does not contain the linden tree, but a red shield head can be seen above the eagle for the first time. The eagle owes its use as the heraldic animal of the city of Aarau to a folk etymological reinterpretation of the name as “Au des Aars”.
The first documented use of the city seal is on a certificate of 25 February 1311. It showed, washed by spring water and surrounded by vines, a swimming pool in which a man and a woman sit and eat grapes. It was in use until 1497; in addition, there were six similar seals, which were used until about 1800. The hospital had its own seals (a hand in front of the Greek cross that extends two fingers). The first documentary mention of the Baden city banner dates back to 1361. The municipal regiment took it to the Battle of Sempach in 1386; the oldest pictorial representation can be found in the Tschachtlanchronik in 1470.
Its meaning is unknown but it is believed to come from the Counts of Lenzburg or Austria. In 1441, the first representation of the banner in a coat of arms, cast in iron, was placed above the gate of the city tower, with the exaggerated imperial eagle, which was to clarify the theoretical status as a Free Imperial City. The meaning of the coat of arms and the flag has not been handed down. It may be due to the Counts of Lenzburg-Baden, or it is a derivative of the red-white-red Austrian coat of arms. The coat of arms and the flag are still considered the district coat of arms and flag.
A yellow bear striding on a gold grassland inside a black circle on a white background.
The coat of arms and the flag, which has been held in Grub since the early 19th century, shows the green forest in blue. A black bear emerges from a cave in front of it. In order to bring the coat of arms and the flag closer into connection with coat of arms and flag laws as well as with its deeper meaning, the black circular symbol for pit was used. Since this is black, the bear had to be made yellow. This makes it different from those in other municipal coats of arms and flags in the canton.
Argent, a Saint passant robed Sable, haloed and carrying a bag and a staff, and wearing sandals Or, on a Base Vert between two trees of the same trunked Gules
The coat of arms and flag first appear on the city seal in the middle of the 13th century and show a man in a tunic with an ax in his right hand and a coat of arms with crossed axes in his left. The historian Heinrich Türler (1861–1933) assumed that this figure was the Meier von Biel and thus the former landlord: Biel was originally a manor (Fronhof) within a rule - probably the Count of Fenis-Neuenburg - which was administered by a Meier. As Lord of Biel he was raised to the knighthood. The coat of arms and flag with the crossed hatchets still represent the official coat of arms and flag today.
In chief, per pale sable and Or, over all a six-pointed star countercharged; and
In base, gules with three six-pointed stars Or, arranged bendwise.
The bend represents the Linth river. The three yellow stars represents Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern, while the black and white star represents Glarus. Both the coat of arms and the flag combine the symbols of all the former municipalities.
On a yellow background is a blue wave that flanked by four six-pointed stars.
The four stars to the left of the wave represents Bilten, Niederurnen, Oberurnen and Näfels while the four stars on the right represents of Mühlehorn, Obstalden, Filzbach and Mollis. The blue wave represents the Linth river. Yellow and blue is the traditional colours of the municipality.
On a blue background is a golden sun with 17 rays above a silver wavy chevron.
The sunrays represents Mitlödi, Sool, Schwändi, Schwanden, Nidfurn, Haslen, Leuggelbach, Luchsingen, Hätzingen, Diesbach, Betschwanden, Rüti, Braunwald, Linthal, Engi, Matt and Elm. The white V-shaped wave symbolizes the confluence of the Linth and the Sernftal rivers. Blue stands for water which is a vital resource for the municipality.
In red, seven five-pointed golden stars (2, 2, 2, 1) arranged in a circle over two silver-blue waves.
The seven former communities of Alvaneu, Alvaschein, Brienz/Brinzauls, Mon, Stierva, Surava and Tiefencastel have been united under the name Albula/Alvra since 2015. The seven stars refer to the number of congregations united. The wavy shield base is intended to symbolize the Albula River. Adopted on 1 January 2015.
Argent a bear rampant Sable langued and viriled Gules and a base embattled of the second.
As a canting representation, the coat of arms refers to the Bärenburg castle and its historical significance for Andeer, with the bear alluding to the name and the crenellation to the castle (Bärenburg). Under the barons of Vaz and the Count v. Werdenberg-Sargans castle was the seat of the court and administration over the valley, at the time of the violent bailiff Hans v. Rechberg, it was stormed and destroyed.
Azure a Sun in splendour Or and a base dancetty Argent.
The coat of arms, approved by the local council resolution of December 12, 1934 and by community vote on February 22, 1935, was designed by Paul Ganz, art historian at the University of Basel, and Friedrich Pieth, history teacher at the Chur Cantonal School. The two mountains symbolizes the altitude of the mountain community as well as mining between the 14th and 15th centuries. The colors blue and gold indicate the former membership of the Zehngerichtebund. The golden sun on a blue background also represents the community as a holiday resort. Adopted on 22 February 1935.
Argent a Griffin rampant Sable beaked and membered Gules.
When the former municipalities of Bergün/Bravuogn and Filisur merged in 2018 under the name Bergün Filisur, the former Bergün district coat of arms was used. The Bergün district emerged from the old Greifenstein court, which the Greif indicates in the sense of a “talking” coat of arms. The colors are those of the church association to which the court belonged. The districts of the canton of Graubünden were dissolved on December 31, 2015.
Or St. James passant clad Azure holding in dexter a Crozier Gules and in sinister a Bible of the first.
St. James the Elder was the patron of local church. It already appears on the community stamp and was also painted on the facade of the community center in 1927. Colors of the Upper Engadine district in reverse color sequence.
The drawbar symbolizes the importance of the landscape, which is characterized by the two arms of the Rhine and the union of the Rhine. At the same time, it points to the fork in the paths to the Splügen and Bernhardin, the Lukmanier and Oberalp passes and thus characterizes the location of the village at this key traffic point. The star represents the patronage of St. Anna or Maria. The coat of arms was proposed by the municipality of Bonaduz.
Silver, with black salient ibex, red tongue, surmounting the black field crenellated in the Guelph style of 4 pieces.
Bregaglia was created on 1 January 2010 and includes the previously independent municipalities of Bondo, Castasegna, Soglio, Stampa and Vicosoprano. The municipality of Bregaglia and the former Bergell district therefore cover the same area. The community adopted the district's coat of arms. The black, crenellated shield base symbolizes the former division of the valley into upper and lower portals and alludes to one of the valley's most striking landmarks, the “Müraia”. The heraldic animal and colors are those of the church association, to which Bergell belonged.
In blue over three silver peaks, the middle one covering the two outer ones and covered with a black-lined red crenellated tower, all elevated by a sixteen-rayed yellow sun.
In 2018, the three communities Andiast, Breil/Brigels and Waltensburg/Vuorz merged under the previous name Breil/Brigels. In the new coat of arms, each of the three communities is represented with a motif. The three white peaks stand for Brigels and symbolize the Brigelser Horns that are distinctive for the village: Cavistrau Pign (3220 m), Cavistrau Grand (3252 m) and Piz Trumpiv (3101 m). Waltensburg is represented by a red tower, which refers to the largest and oldest castle complex in the Surselva, Jörgenberg Castle (Munt Sogn Gieri). The name refers to Saint George's patronage of the church, around which the castle complex later developed. Andiast is represented by a sun. According to reports, the Andiasters found it difficult to define their own motif for their village. Of the three communities on the sun terrace above the Vorderrheintal, Andiast is the highest, and so its residents are a little more sun-drenched than the others.
After a seal from the second decade of the 17th century with the inscription: SVB HOC SIGNO VINCES, but adopted without inscription. The colors are those of the old common judicial community of Puschlav.
Azure, a base vert, over all a yellow sheaf below three five-pointed yellow stars.
The coat of arms and flag were taken from Bourquard de Boécourt, the eighth abbot of Bellelay from 1296-1316, with three additional stars in reference to the three villages of Boécourt, Montravon and Séprais.
Gules, between three mullets of five or a sword and a staff argent in saltire and in chief on an inescutcheon of the last a jay stantant lined sable.
The coats of arms and the flag are explained as follows: the sword and the hand of justice remind us that on the territory of the municipality is the Richterstuhl or Selle au Roi, a place where justice went; the stars, the dependence of the convent of Lucelle. The gai, which is the nickname of the village, was added at the request of the municipal authorities.
Gold with a silver mirror bordered with sable, placed on six mountains of gules placed three by three.
These are the old coat of arms and flag of the nobles of Spiegelberg, the remains of the castle of which are still visible at Rocher des Sommêtres, 2.5km from Saignelégier.[8]
Gules and argent wavy beams, accompanied at the top by a three-towered argent castle with a tinned main roof, an open gate and or roofs on the flank towers, accompanied at the bottom by a argent scallop shell.
In 1883, Adalbert Vokinger (a heraldist from Stans) designed the municipal coat of arms and flag. The postmaster at the time, Jakob Amstad, paid for the design. Not least because of this, the shell from his family coat of arms and flag now adorns the municipal coat of arms and flag. The castle is intended to be reminiscent of the two castle sites in Beckenried, Isenringen and Retschrieden. More recently, the shell has been associated with the pilgrimage route leading from Germany/Lake Constance via Einsiedeln-Beckenried-Sachseln-Brünig-Bernese Oberland-Lake Geneva-France to Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain. The veneration there is for the apostle James the Elder, who is usually depicted with a shell. Such a Jacob's shell also contains the gravestone of Ensign Jakob Stalder, Knight of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, placed near the church portal as a confession of his pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in 1591. Another indication of the possible derivation of the shell from the pilgrimage route is that a number of municipalities on the various pilgrimage routes have the shell in their coat of arms and flag.[9]
Divided by argent and azure in the cloud sections.
When the cantonal shooting festival was held in Buochs in 1895 and a medal was to be designed for it, the designer Adelbert Vokinger suggested including the municipal coat of arms and flag. The suggestion was well received, but there was a catch: Buochs didn't yet have its own coat of arms and flag. The then state archivist, Robert Durrer, found a solution by drawing attention to the seal and flag of Johannes von Buochs, which the ministerial had affixed to a document on 26 April 1260. The proposal was well received, and the municipal council subsequently declared the 13th-century seal the official municipal coat of arms and flag. At the same time, they also specified the colors, as these were missing from the seal imprint.[10]
In or Saint Lawrence with a argent nimbus covered with the sable inscription "Sanctus Laurentius M.", dressed in a gules dalmatic and argent alb, in his right hand a vert palm, in his left a sable grate.
Dallenwil has one of the oldest municipal coats of arms and flag, which had been completely forgotten until 1899, when H. Angst published a foreign manuscript from the "Society of Dalwil 1522" in the Anzeiger für schweizische Altertumskunde (Advertisement for Swiss Antiquities), depicting Saint Lawrence with a rosette and palm branch as its coat of arms. The discoverer attributed the manuscript to Talwil in Zurich, but the connection to Dallenwil, Dalwil in Nidwalden, is undeniable, since St. Lawrence was and remained the patron saint of the chapel there as early as 1473, and the style of the manuscript also points to Lucerne or ancient Switzerland. The revival of the old coat of arms and flag initially met with some resistance. When it was proposed for a rifle club flag in 1900, the local chaplain protested, arguing that placing a saint on a secular flag was considered profanation. In 1905, however, the coat of arms and flag was included in the series of the council chamber and has been considered official ever since.[11]
A gnarled argent Antonite cross in gules, hung with two or bells, surmounted by a or sun with eight straight and flamed rays each, which keeps its left eye closed.
The municipal coat of arms and flag depicts a white, gnarled St. Anthony's Cross on a red field, hung with two golden bells, and above it a golden sun. These symbols refer to the church's patron saint, St. Anthony, and the municipality's sunny location.[12]
A or dragon rising in sable, spewing gules flames with gules claws, pierced by a broken, blood-soaked or spearhead.
The municipal coat of arms and flag of Ennetmoos commemorates the dragon which, according to legend, lived in the Ennetmoos Dragon's Hole and was killed by Struthan von Winkelried.[13]
In azure, a argent chamois standing on a or three-peaked mountain, accompanied at the top left by a or Gothic majuscule H.
Hergiswil received its coat of arms and flag in 1905. At that time, the Nidwalden cantonal council wanted to have all the municipalities' national emblems and flags affixed to the paneling of the cantonal council chamber. However, after some municipalities submitted the most grotesque designs, Robert Durrer was appointed cantonal herald and given the authority to design the final municipal coats of arms and flag. Hergiswil had proposed a chamois as the figure. It was presumably meant to refer to the nearby Mount Pilatus. Durrer adopted this suggestion but added the municipality's initial letter to the coat of arms and flag.[14]
Forked of azure with white crenellated tower with sable [window] on vert three-peaked mountain, and of argent with crouching gules squirrel with gules nut on vert three-peaked mountain surmounted by turned in, inflected and forked of or and sable with vert six-peaked mountain.
The Oberdorf coat of arms and flag reflects the municipality's composition, comprising the three parts of Waltersberg, Büren, and Oberdorf. The white tower, the green six-mountain, and the red squirrel are coats of arms of knights from the 14th and 15th centuries in these three districts: The tower comes from the coat of arms and flag of the Knights of Büren, the six-mountain in the upper center from the Knights of Waltersberg, and the squirrel from the Knights of Aa, whose castle site was presumed to be in the Oberdorf area west of the Aa River.[15]
Or a Church Argent roofed Gules windowed and with a clock Sable between two Pine Trees Vert on a Base of the same.
The coat of arms and the flag are canting arms and canting flags respectively with the trees (German: Wald) and the church (German: Kirch) symbolizing the municipal name.
On a red background is a white cross and the letters L, V, G and A.
The meaning of the letters is unknown. Interpretations suggest that they are either an abbreviation of the municipality, an acronym of "La Vera Giustizia Antica" or a symbol of a Roman legion. The cross on a red background alludes to both the symbols of Como in Italy and Switzerland.[16][17][18]
Split by yellow with a half, red-armored and -tongued black eagle at the split and by red with two white diagonal bars to the left.
The coat of arms and the flag can be traced back to 1684. The left half of the shield with the three red tinctures is intended to commemorate the three village fires of 1400, 1693 and 1799, while the black eagle in yellow indicates the former imperial affiliation.[21]
In yellow a rising, red-armored and -tongued black bear, accompanied by a black paw cross in the upper left corner.
The coat of arms and the flag was used by the community in the seal around the middle of the 19th century at the latest, but was not precisely defined until 1968. The bear as a municipal animal originated from the valley name Talnamen Ursern (Bear Valley in Latin).[22][23]
Divided; Above in yellow a growing, red-tongued black eagle, below divided three times by black and yellow.
The coat of arms and the flag corresponds to that of the baronial family of Schweinsberg-Attinghausen (which lived in the 13th and 14th centuries) occupied a powerful position in Uri and lived in the castle of Attinghausen. The precise formal determination was made by the local council in 1990.[24]
In blue, on green ground, a white wall with four red-roofed towers and a red gate
The coat of arms and the flag depicts the four residential and defensive towers from the 12th century, of which the defiant Meierturm is still preserved in its original form. The second tower houses the much-visited Tell Museum since its restoration in 1966. The still visible remains of the third and fourth towers form the foundations of the Tell restaurant and the rectory.[25]
In black there are yellow deer antlers, with a tongue of red flame emerging from the grind and the ends.
The coat of arms and the flag was used for the Schützenhaus as early as 1843. The image refers to the church patroness St. Ida of Toggenburg, whose attribute is the deer with twelve light-bearing antler ends.
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