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Messen commune (Solothurn canton, Switzerland)

image located by Martin Karner

Tierced in fess Gules having a ransom's blossom Argent seeded Or in the sinister chief Argent and Vert a bend wavy covering the top two stripe of the Second and Azure.
Christopher Southworth

The new Messen commune was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of Messen, Balm bei Messen, Brunnenthal and Oberramsern (see below).

Messen (old)
Balm bei Messen
Brunnenthal
Oberramsern

See also:

Messen (until 31 December 2009)

image by Pascal Gross

Azure a house with two towers embattled ajouré Argent masoned Sable.
Christopher Southworth

Balm bei Messen (until 31 December 2009)

image by Pascal Gross

Argent a Holly Branch Vert in bend sinister over a Mount of 3 Coupeaux of the same.
Željko Heimer, 30 September 2002

Brunnenthal (until 31 December 2009)

image by Pascal Gross

Per fess Gules a cattle trough Or and of this last two mounts Vert.
Christopher Southworth

The emblem is canting with the fountain (German: Brunnen) and maybe also with the valley (Tal) between the mountains.

Oberramsern (until 31 December 2009)

image by Pascal Gross

Gules a Bear's Garlic Argent slipped and leaved Vert issuant from a Base of the last. [cf. Unterramsern]
Željko Heimer, 3 October 2002

The emblem is canting with the ramsons (allium ursinum; in German Bärlauch), which is called Ramsere in the regional dialect.

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