Welkenraedt
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WELKENRAEDT
Province : Liège
Official blazon
- (1954) D'argent à un lion de gueules, la queue fourchée et passée en sautoir, armé et couronné d'or, lampassé d'azut, au SaintJean-Baptiste auréolé issant de derrière l'écu, vêtu d'une peau de mouton, tenant dans son bras dextre replié un agneau et de la senestre une croix à laquelle est attachée une bannière, le tout d'or.
- (1981) D'argent à un lion de gueules, la queue fourchée et passée en sautoir, armé et couronné d'or, lampassé d'azur; l'écu somiré d'un Saint-Georges à cheval, terrassant le dragon, contourné, le tout d'or.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on April 10, 1954 and with a different supporter on November 26, 1981.
The arms show the lion of the Dukes of Limburg. Since the 13th century the area was part of Limburg and in meieval times ruled directly by the Counts, later Dukes of Limburg.
In 1954 the arms were supported by the local patron saint, St. John Baptist. After the merger with Henri-Chapelle, the patron saint of Henri-Chapelle, St, Georges, was added on top of the shield.
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