Ostermundigen

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

Canton : Bern

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Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms are supposedly based on the arms of a family Von Ostermundigen, but there is no proof of such arms. The present arms were devised in 1957, but similar arms have been used for several centuries.

Literature : Wappenbuch des Kantons Bern, 1981.