Oostkamp

OOSTKAMP Country : Belgium Province : West-Vlaanderen Additions: 1977 Hertsberge 1977 Ruddervoorde 1977 Waardamme 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":51.15259999999999962483343551866710186004638671875,"lon":3.23510000000000008668621376273222267627716064453125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

Dutch	(1819) Van goud beladen met een keper van lazuur en verzeld van drie linden boomen met wortelen alles in hunne natuurlijke kleur. (1985) In keel een schuinbalk van zilver, vergezeld van zes mereltjes van hetzelfde, zoomsgewijze geplaatst.
French	(1845) De gueules, à la bande d'argent, accompagnée de six merlettes de même, trois en chef en trois en pointe.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on November 10, 1819, changed on April 29, 1845 and confirmed on June 3, 1985.

The meaning and origin of the arms from 1819 (see image below) are not known. In 1845 the municipality again adopted the historical arms.

The arms appeared for the first time in the first half of the 16^th century and were supposedly the arms of the Lords of Oostkamp. However, the Gruuthuuse family, Lords of Oostkamp at the time, used completely different arms. In rolls of arms in 1560 and 1562 the above arms were again mentioned. The arms appear on the local seal on 1694.

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  The arms in 1619

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  The arms from 1819

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

Literature: Servais, 1955

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