Nieuwmunster: Difference between revisions
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. | ||
Revision as of 19:18, 22 June 2017
Belgium heraldry portal
This page is part of the  |
 |
|
Civic heraldry:
|
Other heraldry: |
NIEUWMUNSTER
Province : West-Vlaanderen
Incorporated into : 1976 Zuienkerke
Official blazon
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.
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.
Several municipalities in the former Vincx Ambacht use similar arms, which differ only in the number of finches. The different arms were already mentioned on the map made of the Vrije van Brugge by Pourbus in 1562. The other villages are Bredene, Klemskerke and Vlissegem.
 The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930 |
Contact and Support
Partners:
Your logo here ?
Contact us
© since 1995, Heraldry of the World, Ralf Hartemink 
Index of the site
Literature : Servais, 1955