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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms are canting (Bär = bear), and have been used since the 13<sup>th</sup> century. The oldest seal of the city dates from 1224 and shows already the bear, but not in a shield and not in a bend. The bear also appears on 13<sup>th</sup> century coins of the city (see below). | The arms are canting (Bär = bear), and have been used since the 13<sup>th</sup> century. The oldest seal of the city dates from 1224 and shows already the bear, but not in a shield and not in a bend. The bear also appears on 13<sup>th</sup> century coins of the city (see below). | ||
The colours are known since the 14<sup>th</sup> century, and the arms have never changed since. The arms are also used by the district of Bern and the [[Bern (canton)|Canton Bern]]. To distinguish the arms the canton often uses a floral crown, the city uses a mural crown. | The colours are known since the 14<sup>th</sup> century, and the arms have never changed since. The arms are also used by the district of Bern and the [[Bern (canton)|Canton Bern]]. To distinguish the arms the canton often uses a floral crown, the city uses a mural crown. | ||
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(freely translated as : the arms of Bern are so fast, with three painted stripes, the one is red, the middle yellow, in which stands a black bear, with red claws, blacker than a coal, until the hunting begins). | (freely translated as : the arms of Bern are so fast, with three painted stripes, the one is red, the middle yellow, in which stands a black bear, with red claws, blacker than a coal, until the hunting begins). | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
| | File:bernz3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The oldest seal from 1224 | ||
| | File:bernz2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The second seal (used until 1364) | ||
| | File:bernz6.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The fourth seal used from the 14th-17th century | ||
| | File:bernz4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The fifth seal from 1364 | ||
File:bernz5.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The seventh seal from the late 14th century | |||
File:bernz7.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The eights seal from 1467 | |||
| | File:bern2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The oldest coin of Bern. | ||
File:Bernc2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The arms on a 1492 coin | |||
File:Bernc3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The arms on a 1600 coin | |||
File:Bernc1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The arms on a 1700 coin | |||
| | File:Bernc4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The arms on a 1718 coin | ||
File:Bern1500.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The arms around 1500 | |||
File:Bern16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | |||
File:Bern.hes.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The arms in the [[Wapen- en Vlaggenboek Hesman|Wapen- en Vlaggenboek]] van Gerrit Hesman (1708) | |||
File:bernz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|Seal from around 1900 | |||
File:bern.cva.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The arms in an [[Continentale Verlags-Anstalt|album]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:bern4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The arms as used by the city during the years | |||
File:0639.aba.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
File:122.abd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The arms in a 1930s [[Abdulla-Wappen der Bekanntesten und Bedeutendsten Ausländischen Hauptstädte|album]] | |||
File:176b.wsa.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The arms in the [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|Wappen-Sammlung]] (1900) | |||
File:bern.unk3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The arms on a collectable stamp, +/- 1920 | |||
File:bern.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | |||
File:bern5.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | |||
|- | File:bern6.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | ||
| | File:Bernp1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|The arms on a special cancellation 1951 | ||
File:Bern60.jpg|alt=Wappen von Bern/Arms of Bern|Municipal stationery, 1960s | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Literature]] : | [[Literature]] : Wappenbuch des Kantons Bern, 1981. Main image by Massimo Ghirardi; Dreyer, 2001 | ||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Swiss Municipalities B]] | [[Category:Swiss Municipalities B]] | ||
[[Category:Bern]] | [[Category:Bern]] | ||
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BERN
Canton : Bern
Additions : 1919 Bümpliz
Official blazon
In Rot ein goldener Rechtsschrägbalken, belegt mit einem schreitenden schwarzen Bären mit roten Krallen.
Origin/meaning
The arms are canting (Bär = bear), and have been used since the 13th century. The oldest seal of the city dates from 1224 and shows already the bear, but not in a shield and not in a bend. The bear also appears on 13th century coins of the city (see below).
The colours are known since the 14th century, and the arms have never changed since. The arms are also used by the district of Bern and the Canton Bern. To distinguish the arms the canton often uses a floral crown, the city uses a mural crown.
The oldest known description of the arms of Bern dates from the Guglerlied from 1375 :
Berner waffen ist so schnell
mit drin gevarwten strichen;
der ein ist rot, der mittel gel,
darin stat unverblichen
ein ber gar swarz gemalet wol,
rot sind ihn die clawen;
er ist swerzer denn ein kol,
bris er bejagen sol.
(freely translated as : the arms of Bern are so fast, with three painted stripes, the one is red, the middle yellow, in which stands a black bear, with red claws, blacker than a coal, until the hunting begins).
The oldest seal from 1224
The second seal (used until 1364)
The fourth seal used from the 14th-17th century
The fifth seal from 1364
The seventh seal from the late 14th century
The eights seal from 1467
The oldest coin of Bern.
The arms on a 1492 coin
The arms on a 1600 coin
The arms on a 1700 coin
The arms on a 1718 coin
The arms around 1500
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)
Seal from around 1900
The arms in an album +/- 1905
The arms as used by the city during the years
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms in a 1930s album
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (1900)
The arms on a collectable stamp, +/- 1920
The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums 1914-1960
The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums 1914-1960
The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums 1914-1960
The arms on a special cancellation 1951
Municipal stationery, 1960s
Literature : Wappenbuch des Kantons Bern, 1981. Main image by Massimo Ghirardi; Dreyer, 2001
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