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'''OBERWIL-LIELI''' | '''OBERWIL-LIELI''' (Until 1984 Oberwil) | ||
Canton : [[Aargau]]<br/> | Canton : [[Aargau]]<br/> | ||
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====Official blazon==== | ====Official blazon==== | ||
In Weiss auf grünem Dreiberg ausgerissener grüner Birnbaum mit gelben Früchten. | |||
====Origin/meaning==== | ====Origin/meaning==== | ||
The arms were officially adopted in 1953. | |||
The arms show a pear tree, which is derived from the name of the mountain close to Oberwil, the Holzbirliberg. The name is explained as Holz-Birnen-Berg or wood-pear-mountain. Thus the arms can be considered canting. | The arms show a pear tree, which is derived from the name of the mountain close to Oberwil, the Holzbirliberg. The name is explained as Holz-Birnen-Berg or wood-pear-mountain. Thus the arms can be considered canting. | ||
In 1914 Walter Merz proposed the use of the arms of the Von Wile family, who originated from the village, as arms for Oberwil. These arms were in red a silver bar. The municipality did not adopt this proposal, but the arms appeared in the Coffee Hag albums. | |||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:oberwilz1.jpg|center]] <br/>The seal of Berchtold von Wile, 1351 | |||
|align="center"|[[File:oberwil1.hagch.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | |align="center"|[[File:oberwil1.hagch.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Die Gemeindewappen des Kantons Aargau | [[Literature]] : Die Gemeindewappen des Kantons Aargau; Merz, 1914. | ||
[[Category:Swiss Municipalities O]] | [[Category:Swiss Municipalities O]] | ||
[[Category:Aargau]] | [[Category:Aargau]] | ||