Kortrijk

The arms from 1859/1987	KORTRIJK Country: Belgium Province: West-Vlaanderen Additions: 1976 Aalbeke 1976 Bellegem 1976 Bissegem 1976 Heule 1976 Kooigem 1976 Marke 1976 Rollegem 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":50.826099999999996725819073617458343505859375,"lon":3.26799999999999979394260662957094609737396240234375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	(1819) Van zilver, beladen met een roode keper en gezoomd met eene met punten uitgeronde roode band, het schild gedekt met een kroon van goud. (1838) Wit koleur met eenen keper van rood koleur met een getand dwarsstuk van zulke kleur, het wapen gedekt met eene gouden kroon. (1987) In zilver een keper en een uitgeschulpte zoom van keel. Het schild getopt met een stedekroon met vijf torens van zilver en gehouden door twee wildemannen van vleeskleur, omgord en gekroond met eikebladeren van sinopel en steunend op een knots van natuurlijke kleur.
French	(1859) D'argent au chevron de gueules à la bordure engrêlée de même, l'écu sommé d'une couronne murale à cinq tours d'argent. Pour tenants deux sauvages de carnation, ceints et couronnés de chêne, appuyés sur leur massue.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on September 15, 1819 and confirmed on May 31, 1838. The arms were again granted with supporters on June 26, 1859 and again on July 7, 1987.

The arms from 1819/1838

The arms are based on the arms of the 12th century Viscounts of Kortrijk. The chevron appears for the first time on a seal of Rogier II of Kortrijk from 1197. In 1199 the chevron appears for the first time on a counter-seal of the city.
Until 1309 the chevron only appeared on the counter-seals, from 1286 onward also on the main seals. The supporters appear on the seal in 1368, the mural crown in the 18th century.

The oldest colour image dates from the end of the 15th century.

On September 15, 1819 the arms were granted without supporters and with a crown used for cities in the Netherlands at the time (see below). These arms were confirmed on May 31, 1838, after the Belgian independence. In 1858 the supporters were added again and the crown was replaced by a mural crown. These arms were confirmed in 1987, 11 years (!) after the municipal changes of 1976. This was largely due to a series of misunderstandings and bureaucratic issues both at the municipality as well as on governmental level.

Image gallery

The arms in the Armorial Gorrevod (1460)
The arms in the late 15th century
The arms in the 16th century
The arms in a manuscript from 1558
The arms in 1562
The arms in 1650
The arms on a token from 1680
The arms by Hozier, 1696
The arms in 1862
The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms on a police badge (source)
The arms on a Dutch Willem II cigar band
The arms of a trade card

Literature: Servais, 1955; Vivianne-Wouters and Warlop, 2002.

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