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OBERWIL IM SIMMENTAL

Canton : Bern
Bezirk : Frutigen-Niedersimmental (until 2010 Niedersimmental)

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Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were devised and officially adopted in 1939.

The castle is taken from the arms of the district Niedersimmental, to which the village belonged. The castle is placed in the upper (Ober) part of the arms as a canting element.

Literature : Wappenbuch des Kantons Bern, 1981.