approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader
3,733,001
edits
Nieuwmunster: Difference between revisions
m
Text replacement - "====Origin/meaning====" to "===Origin/meaning==="
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "====Official blazon====" to "===Official blazon===") |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "====Origin/meaning====" to "===Origin/meaning===") |
||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
D'argent, à la croix de gueules vidée et recercelée, accompagnée au premier et au quartrième d'une canette de sable. | D'argent, à la croix de gueules vidée et recercelée, accompagnée au premier et au quartrième d'une canette de sable. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on April 18, 1847.<br/> | The arms were granted on April 18, 1847.<br/> | ||
The arms show a cross, derived from the cross of the Knights Templar, and two finches. The finches are a canting symbol for the Vincx Ambacht (Vink=finch). The Vincx Ambacht was a part of the Vrije van Brugge, a large territory surrounding the city of Brugge, but not belonging to the city (Vrije van Brugge means Free-of-Brugge). The area was for a long time in the Middle Ages a possession of the Knights Templar. | The arms show a cross, derived from the cross of the Knights Templar, and two finches. The finches are a canting symbol for the Vincx Ambacht (Vink=finch). The Vincx Ambacht was a part of the Vrije van Brugge, a large territory surrounding the city of Brugge, but not belonging to the city (Vrije van Brugge means Free-of-Brugge). The area was for a long time in the Middle Ages a possession of the Knights Templar. | ||