Schalunen

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SCHALUNEN

Canton : Bern
Incorporated into : 2014 Fraubrunnen

Official blazon
German
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Origin/meaning

The arems show a supposedly canting element : Scala, Latin for stairs. The trefoils symbolise the agriculture in the area. The arms were devised around 1920, the present composition dates from 1940.

Literature: Wappenbuch des Kantons Bern, 1981.