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WOLFENSCHIESSEN
Canton : Nidwalden
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms are canting, showing a wolf with an arrow (to shoot=schiessen). The arms were taken by the municipality around 1850 and are derived from the medieval Lords of Wolfenschiessen.
 The seal of Johann von Wolfenschiessen, 1327 |
 The arms on a stamp from 1980 |