Bilten
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Switzerland - Schweizer Wappen / Armorial de Suisse |
BILTEN
Canton : Glarus
Incorporated into : 2011 Glarus-Nord
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms were adopted on January 23, 1940.
The arms show a blue circle, taken from the arms of the Counts of Lenzburg, and a crown taken from the arms of the Schänis Abbey. Count Arnold von Lenzburg gave his possessions around Bilten to the Abbey in around 1178.
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Literature : Tschudi-Schümperlin, 1941