Neckertal commune (St. Gallen canton, Switzerland)

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Azure a sun-in-splendour Or a base Argent issuant with five pine trees surmounted by a bar wavy of the First.
Christopher Southworth

On 1 January 2023 Hemberg and Oberhelfenschwil became part of Neckertal.

• Neckertal (old)
• Brunnadern
• Hemberg
• Mogelsberg
• Oberhelfenschwil
• St. Peterzell

• Toggenburg constituency
• St. Gallen canton
• Switzerland

Neckertal (1 January 2009 – 31 December 2022)

Argent three pine trees slipped raguly Vert either side of a pallet wavy Azure.
Christopher Southworth

On 1 January 2009 the new commune of Neckertal was formed through the merger of Brunnadern, Mogelsberg and St. Peterzell.

See also:   RAGULY in Dictionary of Vexillology

Brunnadern (until 31 December 2008)

Argent five Bendlets sinister wavy Azure.
Željko Heimer, 16 December 2000

The flag of Brunnadern is canting. The German blazon description is: "Der Wasserfluh entlang verlaufende ergiebige Brunnenwasseradern", meaning "The rich veins of spring water along the Wasserfluh [mountain pass]".
Pascal Gross and Jarig Bakker, 15 December 2000

See also:   BENDLET and BENDLET SINISTER in Dictionary of Vexillology

Hemberg (until 31 December 2022)

Per fess dancetty Argent and Vert.
Željko Heimer, 17 December 2000

See also:   DANCETTY in Dictionary of Vexillology

Mogelsberg (until 31 December 2008)

Gules an Annulet flamully-fleury-counterbarbed Or.

The German blazon makes reference to Kleven. Maybe the Kleven suggest that the "fleurs-de-lis" are not lilies but trefoils (i.e. clover-leaves). Together with the thorns on their opposite, they may well be trefoils slipped, and then made somewhat more look-alike fleurs-de-lis.
Željko Heimer, 9 January 2001

I wonder, maybe the fleurs-de-lis were originally trefoils? And maybe Kleven is a heraldical, dialectal or archaic form of Klee[blatt] i.e., clover or trefoil?
Santiago Dotor, 9 January 2001

[Is the the term Kleven a dialect word for Klee? Anyway the emblem of Mogelsberg lives up to its name, since the German mogeln means to cheat, to deceive; and seemingly the emblem tries cheatingly to sell a clover as a lily ;-) ]

See also:   ANNULET in Dictionary of Vexillology

Oberhelfenschwil (until 31 December 2022)

Per pale Or a Tower Sable and Barry of Six Argent and Sable.
Željko Heimer, 17 December 2000

See also:   BARRY in Dictionary of Vexillology

St. Peterzell (until 31 December 2008)

Vert a Church Argent windowed Sable and roofed Gules.
Željko Heimer, 17 December 2000