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Erlinsbach commune (Solothurn canton, Switzerland)

image located by Martin Karner

Per fess Gules and Argent one mullet of five in chief sinister and one in base dexter overall a bend wavy all counterchanged.
Christopher Southworth

Erlinsbach was formed on 1 January 2006 by the merger of Untererlinsbach and Obererlinsbach (see below).
Besides this there are still two Erlinsbachs, separated by the Erzbach brook, which is also the border between Solothurn and Aargau canton. And it's also a denominational border: Erlinsbach SO is Catholic, Erlinsbach AG is Protestant.
The local conditions are such that the paths taken by churchgoers from these villages ran along the border stream. Every Sunday, the two groups met at this spot – and it is said that things did not always proceed in a calm and civilised manner across the stream.
Martin Karner

See also:

Niedererlinsbach (until 31 December 2005)

image by Pascal Gross

Per fess Gules and Argent a Bend wavy counterchanged.
Željko Heimer, 13 October 2002

Obererlinsbach (until 31 December 2005)

image by Pascal Gross

Gules a Willow Vert issuant from a Bar wavy Argent.
Željko Heimer, 13 October 2002