Kirchdorf (Bern)

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KIRCHDORF

Canton : Bern
Bezirk : Bern-Mittelland (until 2008 Seftigen)

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Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The division of the arms is taken from the arms of the Seftigen district, to which the village belonged. The axe and bull's heads were taken from older arms. The present arms were adopted in 1911.

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The arms in the Kaffee Hag albums 1914-1960

Literature : Wappenbuch des Kantons Bern, 1981.