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''' WOLFENSCHIESSEN ''' | ''' WOLFENSCHIESSEN ''' | ||
Canton : [[Nidwalden]] | Canton : [[Nidwalden]] | ||
[[File:wolfenschiessen.jpg|center]] | [[File:wolfenschiessen.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===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. | |||
== | {|align="center" | ||
{{ | |align="center"|[[File:wolfenschiessen1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seal of Johann von Wolfenschiessen, 1327 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Ch-1190.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a stamp from 1980 | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Switzerland|'''Literature''']] : | |||
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[[Category:Swiss Municipalities W]] | [[Category:Swiss Municipalities W]] | ||
[[Category:Nidwalden]] | [[Category:Nidwalden]] |
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