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'''Country''' : Switzerland [[File:Switzerland.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Canton''' : [[Bern (canton)|Bern]][[File:bern.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''Additions''': | |||
* 1919 [[Bümpliz]] | |||
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|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''German''' | |||
| In Rot ein goldener Rechtsschrägbalken, belegt mit einem schreitenden schwarzen Bären mit roten Krallen. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
In Rot ein goldener Rechtsschrägbalken, belegt mit einem schreitenden schwarzen Bären mit roten Krallen. | |} | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms are canting (Bär = bear), and have been used since the 13<sup>th</sup> century. The oldest seal of the city dates from 1224 and shows already the bear, but not in a shield and not in a bend. The bear also appears on 13<sup>th</sup> century coins of the city (see below). | The arms are canting (Bär = bear), and have been used since the 13<sup>th</sup> century. The oldest seal of the city dates from 1224 and shows already the bear, but not in a shield and not in a bend. The bear also appears on 13<sup>th</sup> century coins of the city (see below). | ||
The colours are known since the 14<sup>th</sup> century, and the arms have never changed since. The arms are also used by the district of Bern and the [[Bern (canton)|Canton Bern]]. To distinguish the arms the canton often uses a floral crown, the city uses a mural crown. | The colours are known since the 14<sup>th</sup> century, and the arms have never changed since. The arms are also used by the district of Bern and the [[Bern (canton)|Canton Bern]]. To distinguish the arms the canton often uses a floral crown, the city uses a mural crown. | ||
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(freely translated as : the arms of Bern are so fast, with three painted stripes, the one is red, the middle yellow, in which stands a black bear, with red claws, blacker than a coal, until the hunting begins). | (freely translated as : the arms of Bern are so fast, with three painted stripes, the one is red, the middle yellow, in which stands a black bear, with red claws, blacker than a coal, until the hunting begins). | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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| | File:bernz3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The oldest seal from 1224 | ||
| | File:bernz2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The second seal (used until 1364) | ||
| | File:bernz6.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The fourth seal used from the 14th-17th century | ||
File:bernz4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The fifth seal from 1364 | |||
File:bernz5.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The seventh seal from the late 14th century | |||
| | File:bernz7.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The eights seal from 1467 | ||
| | File:bern2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The oldest coin of Bern. | ||
File:Bernc2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms on a 1492 coin | |||
File:Bernc3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms on a 1600 coin | |||
File:Bernc1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms on a 1700 coin | |||
File:Bernc4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms on a 1718 coin | |||
File:Berncg116.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms in a 15th century manuscript | |||
File:Bernjr.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495) | |||
File:Bern1500.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms around 1500 | |||
File:Bern1576.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms in a manuscript from 1576 | |||
File:Bern16a.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms in a 16th century manuscript | |||
File:Bern16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | |||
File:Bern.hes.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms in the [[Wapen- en Vlaggenboek Hesman|Wapen- en Vlaggenboek]] van Gerrit Hesman (1708) | |||
| | File:bernz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|Seal from around 1900 | ||
File:bern.cva.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms in an [[Continentale Verlags-Anstalt|album]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:bern4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms as used by the city during the years | |||
File:0639.aba.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
File:122.abd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms in a 1930s [[Abdulla-Wappen der Bekanntesten und Bedeutendsten Ausländischen Hauptstädte|album]] | |||
File:176b.wsa.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms in the [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|Wappen-Sammlung]] (1900) | |||
File:bern.unk3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms on a collectable stamp, +/- 1920 | |||
File:bern.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | |||
File:bern5.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | |||
File:bern6.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | |||
File:Bernp1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|The arms on a special cancellation 1951 | |||
File:Bern60.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|Municipal stationery, 1960s | |||
File:Berntax.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms (crest) of Bern|Cantonal tax stamps 1941 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Switzerland|'''Literature''']] : Wappenbuch des Kantons Bern, 1981. Main image by Massimo Ghirardi; Dreyer, 2001 | |||
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[[Category:Swiss Municipalities B]] | [[Category:Swiss Municipalities B]] | ||
[[Category:Bern]] | [[Category:Bern]] |
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