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Biel/Bienne commune (Bern canton, Switzerland)

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Biel/Bienne

[Flag of Biel/Bienne] image by Pascal Gross

Gules two Axes Argent in saltire.
Zeljko Heimer, 21 December 2001

Canting emblem with the axe (in German also Beil; in Swiss German Biel, Bieli).
The city was originally only German-speaking.

[Julius Banner (1512, source: [b7b42]). –
Freischar flag of Biel (1844 or 1845), with Confederate Cross. The Freischar troops of Biel took their flag also to the Sonderbund War in 1847 (b/w photo, source: [b7b42]).]