Leuze-en-Hainaut
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(until 1977 Leuze) Country: Belgium  Province: Hainaut  Additions:
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Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on August 16, 1838 and again on December 8, 1992.
Leuze already was a city in the 13th century. The oldest known seals of the city, used until the 17th century, showed the arms of the Châtillon family (three pales of vair and a fleur-de-lis in chief), lords of the city until the 15th century.
Somewhere during the 16th century the city started to use new arms, a blue lion in a silver field with billets. The origin or meaning of these arms is not known, they are not derived from the arms of any of the families that ruled the city. These arms were officially approved in 1838.
Image gallery
The old arms in the 16th century 'Grand Armorial'
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in a manuscript from 1558
The arms in the 16th century Armorial Marche
The arms in a 17th century manuscript
The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms on a police badge (source)
Literature: Servais, 1955
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