Lauwe

	LAUWE Country : Belgium Province : West-Vlaanderen Incorporated into: 1977 Menen 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":50.79429999999999978399500832892954349517822265625,"lon":3.1852000000000000312638803734444081783294677734375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	In zilver, een leeuw van sabel genageld en getongd van keel, vergezeld rechts van eenen wassenaar van lazuur, links en in de punt van eene ster van keel.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on December 31, 1926.

The arms are based on the arms of the Bidé de Grandville family arms, as the family acquired the village in 1772 and were the last Lords of Lauwe. The meaning of the elements in the family arms is not known.

Image gallery

The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930

Literature: Servais, 1955

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