Rekkem

	REKKEM Country :Belgium Province : West-Vlaanderen Incorporated into: 1977 Menen 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":50.785899999999998044586391188204288482666015625,"lon":3.163699999999999956656893118633888661861419677734375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Origin/meaning

The arms were never officially granted.

The arms were used on the municipal seal. The meaning is not known. It can be seen on a window in the church of Kortrijk and may be derived from the arms of a branch of the De Hennin de Vallée family, who used similar arms.

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The arms on a municipal cover (1950s)

Literature: Servais, 1955

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