Stokkem

STOKKEM

Province : Limburg
Incorporated into : 1977 Dilsen

Official blazon

Gedeeld: het eerste gefaast van goud en keel van tien stukken; het tweede, van zilver met een eikenstam van natuurlijke kleur uitgaande van een grasgrond.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on April 19, 1907.

The arms are a combination of the arms of the County Loon, to which the area historically belonged, and a canting tree trunk (stok).

Stokkem received city rights in 1245, and seals are known from 1468 and 1687. Both show a monument or 'perron', probably from the Diocese of Liège, to which the area belonged for many centuries. On the perron a small shield with the Loon arms is hanging. These arms were not granted in 1907, but in 1987 to the new Dilsen municipality.

Image gallery

The arms in the Armorial Gorrevod (1460)
The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930

Literature: Servais, 1955

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