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Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen commune (Solothurn canton, Switzerland)

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[Flag of Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen] image by Pascal Gross

Per bend sinister Gules and Argent a Cramp fesswise counterchanged.
Željko Heimer, 1 November 2002

On 1 January 2021 the new commune was formed through the merger of Welschenrohr and Gänsbrunnen.

The angled cramp in the emblem has a military background: According to a source from 1689, the Thal district communes belonged to the fourth and fifth company of the second regiment of the Solothurn militia army. The figure 4 at that time was written like an 8 open at the bottom; the figure 5 resembled an angle. The most emblems of the Thal district show either derivations of the figure 4 (Balsthal, Laupersdorf) or 5 (Aedermannsdorf, Herbetswil, Matzendorf, Welschenrohr).


See also:

Welschenrohr (until 31 December 2020)

[Flag of Welschenrohr] image by Pascal Gross

Per bend sinister Gules and Argent a Cramp fesswise counterchanged.
Željko Heimer, 1 November 2002

Gänsbrunnen (until 31 December 2020)

[Flag of Gänsbrunnen] image by Pascal Gross

Vert three Geese Argent.
Željko Heimer, 31 October 2002

The emblem is canting with the geese (German: Gans, plural: Gänse). Brunnen = fountain.