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KUENS - CAINES

Region: Trentino-Alto Adige
Province : Bolzano

Official blazon

(de) In Silber ein nach rechts schreitender Bischof in rotem Mantel mit Mitra und Nimbus in Gold und in seiner Rechten einem goldenen Bischofsstab, davor ein ebenfalls nach rechts gehender Braunbär, dem ein Packen auf den Rücken gebunden ist.
(it) D'argento al vescovo passante vestito di un manto di rosso, mitrato e nimbato d'oro, tenente nella destra un baculo d'oro, con un orso bruno passante e attraversante, sul cui dorso è legato un fardello.

Origin/meaning

The arms are granted on January 10, 1968.

The arms show the H. Corbinianus, bishop of Freising, who died in 755. The Bishops of Freising had some possessions in the area, and, according to legend, the saint had some of his orchards here in the village.