Beringen (Limburg): Difference between revisions

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BERINGEN

Province: Limburg
Additions: 1976 Beverlo, Koersel, Paal

Official blazon

(1981) Gedeeld 1. gedwarsbalkt van tien stukken van goud en van keel, 2. in zilver een rechtopstaande beer van natuurlijke kleur met een neusring van sabel.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 30, 1853 and again on February 11, 1981.

The arms show the barred shield of the Counts of Loon, and a canting bear (Beer). The oldest, 14th century, seals show a bear chained to a pole and a small shield of Loon. Later seals showed arms with a bear and a free quarter with the Loon arms. The present arms appear in the 15th century.

Image gallery

The arms in the Armorial Gorrevod (1460)
The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms on a police badge (source)

Literature: Servais, 1955

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 '''BERINGEN'''
-Province : [[Limburg (België)|Limburg]]<br/>
+Province: [[Limburg (België)|Limburg]]<br/>
-Additions : 1976 Beverlo, [[Koersel]], [[Paal]]
+Additions: 1976 Beverlo, [[Koersel]], [[Paal]]
+[[File:beringenli.jpg|center|Wapen van {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
-[[File:beringenli.jpg|center]]
+===Official blazon===
+*(1981) Gedeeld 1. gedwarsbalkt van tien stukken van goud en van keel, 2. in zilver een rechtopstaande beer van natuurlijke kleur met een neusring van sabel.
-====Official blazon====
+===Origin/meaning===
+The arms were officially granted on May 30, 1853 and again on February 11, 1981.
-====Origin/meaning====
+The arms show the barred shield of the Counts of Loon, and a canting bear (Beer). The oldest, 14th century, seals show a bear chained to a pole and a small shield of Loon. Later seals showed arms with a bear and a free quarter with the Loon arms. The present arms appear in the 15th century.
-The arms were officially granted on May 30, 1853 amd again on February 11, 1981.
-The arms show the barred shield of the Counts of Loon, and a canting bear (Beer). The oldest, 14th century seals show a bear chained to a pole and a small shield of Loon. Later seals showed arms with a bear and a free quarter with the Loon arms. The present arms appear in the 17th century.
+===Image gallery===
+<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
+File:Beringengo.jpg|alt=Wapen van Beringen/Arms (crest) of Beringen|The arms in the Armorial Gorrevod (1460)
+File:beeringen.hagbe.jpg|alt=Wapen van Beringen/Arms (crest) of Beringen|The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930
+File:beringen.pol.jpg|alt=Wapen van Beringen/Arms (crest) of Beringen|The arms on a police badge ([http://blog.seniorennet.be/police_politie_insignes/ source])
+</gallery>
-{|align="center"
+[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Servais, 1955
-|align="center"|[[File:beeringen.hagbe.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930
-|align="center"|[[File:beringen.pol.jpg|center|275 px]]  <br/>The arms on a police badge ([http://blog.seniorennet.be/police_politie_insignes/ source])
-|}
+{{be}}
 {{media}}
-[[Literature]] : Servais, 1955
 [[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms B]]