Oberstocken

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OBERSTOCKEN

Canton : Bern
Incorporated into : 2014 Stocken-Höfen

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Official blazon

Geteilt von Silber mit einem schwarzen Baumstrumpf (Stock), begleitet von zwei roten Sternen, undvon Rot mit einer silbernen, goldbesamten Rose mit grünen Kelchzipfeln .

Origin/meaning

The arms are devised and adopted in 1941.

The rose is taken from the arms of the Seftigen district, to which the village belonged historically. The lower part is canting, Stock meaning trunk. The arms are nearly identical to the arms of Niederstocken. The two stars represent Ober- and Niederstocken. In Niederstocken the trunk is in the (canting) lower half, in Oberstocken in the upper half.

Literature : Wappenbuch des Kantons Bern, 1981.