Kriechenwil

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KRIECHENWIL (until 1959 Dicki)

Canton : Bern

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Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms show linden tree taken from the arms of the district of Laupen, to which the village belongs, and the river Saane that runs through the municipality. The arms were devised in 1922 and officially adopted in 1943.

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Variations of the arms in the Kaffee Hag albums 1914-1960
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Literature : Wappenbuch des Kantons Bern, 1981.