Overmere

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OVERMERE

Province : Oost-Vlaanderen
Incorporated into : 1977 Berlare

Official blazon

(1819) Van lazuur beladen met een klimmenden leeuw van goud getongd en genageld van rood, en verzeld van een roode bande waarop drie gepateerde kruissen van zilver.
(1838) Een helemsblauw veld met eenen gulden leeuw met tanden en tong van rood koleur met eene dwarsstreep van dezelfde kleur gaende over het geheel wapen en belaeden met dry zilveren pootvormige kruysen kruyselings over malkander geplaetst.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on October 13, 1819 and again on November 30, 1838.

The arms appear on the seal from 1649 for Uitbergen and Overmere. The arms are those of the Van Massemen family, who acquired the village in 1312. An image of the arms can also be seen on a map of the area from 1656.

The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930

Literature: Servais, 1955

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