Dünserberg

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DÜNSERBERG

State : Vorarlberg
District : Feldkirch

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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on February 18, 1969.

The ibex is the historical symbol of the group of villages in present Vorarlberg which were founded by settlers from Wallis in Switzerland. The seal ofthese Wlasergemeinden is known from 1408 and showed an ibex.

Literature : Burmeister, 1975