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====Official blazon====
====Official blazon====
 
In Silber ein schwarzer, golden gekrönter Adler mit goldenem Schnabel und goldenen Beinen.


====Origin/meaning====
====Origin/meaning====

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Civic heraldry of Switzerland - Schweizer Wappen / Armorial de Suisse
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FRUTIGEN

Canton : Bern
Bezirk : Frutigen-Niedersimmental (until 2010 Frutigen)

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Official blazon

In Silber ein schwarzer, golden gekrönter Adler mit goldenem Schnabel und goldenen Beinen.

Origin/meaning

The arms are known for several centuries as arms of the city and district of Frutigen. The eagle represents the free imperial status, the area had in the Middle Ages.

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Different versions of the arms in the Kaffee Hag albums 1914-1960
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Literature : Wappenbuch des Kantons Bern, 1981.