Ostermundigen
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Switzerland - Schweizer Wappen / Armorial de Suisse |
OSTERMUNDIGEN
Canton : Bern
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.