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1. This Ordinance

a regulates the responsibilities concerning the cantonal coat of arms and the district coats of arms (cantonal coats of arms) as well as the coats of arms of the municipal communities and mixed communities;

b establishes the cantonal coat of arms and the district coats of arms;

c regulates the enforcement of the federal legislation on the protection of coats of arms by the cantonal authorities.

1. The Coat of Arms of the Districts of the Canton of Bern are established as follows

1. Aarberg: On silver, a black eagle with gold beak and claws, red tongue, flying above a red triple hill.

2. Aarwangen: Split; on the left, silver with a black bar, and on the right, black.

3. Bern: On red, a golden diagonal bar featuring a black bear walking, with red claws, tongue, and hair tufts.

4. Biel: On red, two crossed silver axes with golden edges and shafts.

5. Büren: On red, from the left side of the shield, a silver bear's paw.

6. Burgdorf: Split; black on the left and silver on the right, with a golden border.

7. Courtelary: On red, a silver diagonal bar decorated with three upside-down green linden leaves.

8. Erlach: On red, from the left side of the shield, a black bear's paw holding a green alder uprooted with a golden trunk.

9. Fraubrunnen: On red, a golden diagonal stripe, accompanied by two walking golden lions.

10. Frutigen: On silver, a black eagle crowned, armed and tongued in gold.

11. Interlaken: On silver, a half black ibex with a red tongue.

12. Konolfingen: On red, a silver chief stripe.

13. Laupen: On silver, an uprooted green linden with seven leaves.

14. Moutier: On red, a two-towered silver minster.

15. La Neuveville: On red, a green triple hill featuring two crossed silver keys.

16. Nidau: On silver, from the left side of the shield, a red bear's paw.

17. Niedersimmental: On red, a two-towered silver castle.

18. Oberhasli: On gold, a black eagle armed and tongued in gold, with a golden imperial crown.

19. Obersimmental: On gold, a half black bear with a red tongue and silver teeth.

20. Saanen: On red, a silver crane walking, with golden beak and claws, and black tongue on a silver triple hill.

21. Schwarzenburg: On silver, a rising black lion, red-tongued and hair-tufted, on a green triple hill.

22. Seftigen: On red, a lowered silver arched point, adorned with a golden-seeded silver rose with green sepals.

23. Signau: Divided five times between silver and blue, overlaid with two red bars.

24. Thun: On red, a silver diagonal bar, topped with a seven-pointed golden star.

25. Trachselwald: On red, an uprooted green fir tree with a golden trunk, accompanied at the top right by a golden star.

26. Wangen: On silver, two crossed blue keys.

1. The Executive Council defines the coat of arms for the canton and the district coats of arms.

2. The municipal communities and the mixed communities retain their current coats of arms. They may change their coats of arms with the approval of the Executive Council.

The Canton Coat of Arms is defined as follows: In red, a golden diagonal band, adorned with a striding black bear equipped with red claws, tongue, and genitalia. It bears the Sovereignty Crown, distinguishing it from the Coat of Arms of the Bern Administrative District (without a crest) and the Municipality of Bern (with a mural crown). The Administrative District Coats of Arms are specified in Annex 1.

1. The cantonal coat of arms and the district coats of arms are entered into the register of cantonal coats of arms.

2. The coats of arms of the residential municipalities and the mixed municipalities are entered into the register of municipal coats of arms.

3. The state archive maintains both registers.

1. The Canton of Bern, acting through the State Chancellery, has the right to bring action for the unlawful use of its protected emblems or official designations.

2. The municipal communes and the mixed communes have the right to bring action for the unlawful use of their protected emblems or official designations.

1. The Commercial Court has sole jurisdiction as the cantonal instance for civil lawsuits under the Coat of Arms Protection Act.

The State Archive reports the cantonal coats of arms, the coats of arms of administrative districts, as well as the coats of arms of resident municipalities and mixed municipalities to the Institute of Intellectual Property.

1. The civic communities and bourgeois corporations that have previously used the coat of arms of a residential community or a mixed community are entitled to continue its use.

2. For the continued use of the cantonal coat of arms, the district coats of arms, and the coats of arms of the residential and mixed communities, Article 35 paragraphs 1 to 4 of the WSchG shall apply mutatis mutandis.

3. The State Chancellery is the competent cantonal authority to grant permission for continued use.

1. This Regulation shall enter into force on January 1, 2017.