Drei Höfe commune (Solothurn canton, Switzerland)

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• Drei Höfe
• Hersiwil
• Heinrichswil-Winistorf
• Heinrichswil
• Winistorf

• Wasseramt district
• Solothurn canton
• Switzerland

Drei Höfe

On 1 January 2013 Heinrichswil-Winistorf merged with Hersiwil and got the new name Drei Höfe as well as a new emblem. After 159 years of separation the three communes were again reunited, as they have been until 1854.
The new emblem adopted the red-white chevrons of Winistorf and the black pale of former emblems; the pale is covered now with the three symbols corn ear, ploughshare and fir tree, representing the former communes.
In 1962 the three communes erected a monument commemorating the soil amelioration which they achieved. It shows the heraldic symbols of the communes; with the reunification the monument got a new topicality (picture, source).

Hersiwil (until 31 December 2012)

Or a Ploughshare doubled Sable.
Željko Heimer, 10 November 2002

Heinrichswil-Winistorf (1 January 1993 – 31 December 2012)

Chevrony of four Vert and Argent overall on a Pale Sable a Corn Ear Or.
Željko Heimer, 9 November 2002

The new commune of Heinrichswil-Winistorf is made [on 1 January 1993] of the former communes of Heinrichswil and Winistorf. The flag of Heinrichswil-Winistorf is the same as the former flag of Winistorf but with the red colour replaced by the green of the former flag of Heinrichswil.
Pascal Gross, 8 November 2002

Heinrichswil (until 31 December 1992)

Per pale Argent and Vert overall a Fir Tree issuant counterchanged.
Željko Heimer, 9 November 2002

Winistorf (until 31 December 1992)

Chevrony of four Gules and Argent overall on a Pale Sable a Corn Ear Or.
Željko Heimer, 9 November 2002