Lombardsijde

	LOMBARDSIJDE Country: Belgium Province: West-Vlaanderen Incorporated into: 1970 Westende 1977 Middelkerke Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":51.14800000000000324007487506605684757232666015625,"lon":2.757800000000000029132252166164107620716094970703125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	* (1964) Van zilver met een leeuw op een omgekeerd anker geplaatst in de richting van een rechter schuinbalk en vergezeld in de schildvoet van een ster, het geheel van sabel; het schild in een quadrilobe geplaatst, overtopt met een uitkomende engel, de rechtervleugel opgeheven, vergezeld rechts en links van een Boergondisch vuurstaal en in de schildvoet van twee vissen faaswijs de ene boven de andere geplaatst, het geheel van goud.
French	* (1847) D'argent, au lion rampant posé des deux griffes inférieures sur un[e] ancre renversé[e], mis[e] en bande et accolé[e] en pointe d'une étoile à six rais; le tout de sable.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on February 16, 1847 and again on July 7, 1964.

The oldest seals of the village date from 1286, 1332 and 1407 and show the local patron saint, St. Martin, with a fish and a star. In 1502 the seal of the city showed a lion with an anchor and star. The whole placed in a quadrilobe with an angel, two fish and the flint of Burgundy. The colours are known from a 16th century book. The arms were thus based on the seal, and in 1847 granted without the quadrilobe (see image below), which was corrected in 1964.

Image gallery

The arms in a manuscript from 1558
The arms in a mid 19th century book
The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930

Literature: Servais, 1955

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