Klemskerke

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KLEMSKERKE

Province : West-Vlaanderen
Incorporated into : 1977 De Haan

Official blazon

D'argent à la crois recercelée & vidée de gueules.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on June 18, 1845.

The arms show a cross, derived from the cross of the Knights Templar. The area was for a long time in the Middle Ages a possession of the Knights Templar. Several municipalities in the former Vincx Ambacht use similar arms, which differ only in the number of (canting) finches. 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 Freedom-of-Brugge).

The different arms were already mentioned on the map made of the Vrije van Brugge by Pourbus in 1562.

The other villages are Bredene, Nieuwmunster and Vlissegem.

The arms on the map of Pourbus

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

Literature: Servais, 1955

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