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The old municipality of Sint Laureins never used its own arms. The new arms show in the right half the blue bend of the Brugse Vrije, a medieval entity with specific freedom and rights. It represents the villages of Sint-Jan-in-Eremo, Sint-Laureins, Sint-Margriete and Waterland-Oudeman, which all belonged to the Vrije. The Vrije used the bar since the 16th century.The left half shows the old arms of Watervliet, with a small change in colours and a more historically correct five-pointed star. {{media}} | The old municipality of Sint Laureins never used its own arms. The new arms show in the right half the blue bend of the Brugse Vrije, a medieval entity with specific freedom and rights. It represents the villages of Sint-Jan-in-Eremo, Sint-Laureins, Sint-Margriete and Waterland-Oudeman, which all belonged to the Vrije. The Vrije used the bar since the 16th century.The left half shows the old arms of Watervliet, with a small change in colours and a more historically correct five-pointed star. {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Viane-Wouters and Warlop, 2002. | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|Literature]] : Viane-Wouters and Warlop, 2002. | ||
[[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms S]] | [[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms S]] | ||
[[Category:Oost-Vlaanderen]] | [[Category:Oost-Vlaanderen]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1985]] | [[Category:Granted 1985]] |
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SINT-LAUREINS
Province : Oost-Vlaanderen
Additions : 1977 Sint-Jan-in-Eremo, Sint-Margriete, Waterland-Oudeman, Watervliet
Official blazon
Gedeeld 1. in zilver een schuinbalk van lazuur 2. in keel een golvende dwarsbalk van vijf stukken van zilver en van lazuur, vergezeld in de rechterbovenhoek van een vijfpuntige ster, in de linkerbovenhoek van een wassenaar en in de punt van een lelie, alles van goud. Het schild geplaatst voor een Sint-Laurentius van goud.
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on May 7, 1985.
The old municipality of Sint Laureins never used its own arms. The new arms show in the right half the blue bend of the Brugse Vrije, a medieval entity with specific freedom and rights. It represents the villages of Sint-Jan-in-Eremo, Sint-Laureins, Sint-Margriete and Waterland-Oudeman, which all belonged to the Vrije. The Vrije used the bar since the 16th century.The left half shows the old arms of Watervliet, with a small change in colours and a more historically correct five-pointed star.
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Literature : Viane-Wouters and Warlop, 2002.