Houthalen

	HOUTHALEN Country : Belgium Province : Limburg Incorporated into: 1977 Houthalen-Helchteren 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":51.03079999999999927240423858165740966796875,"lon":5.37180000000000035242919693700969219207763671875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	Van goud met een leeuw van sabel, genageld en getongd van keel, houdende een schild van keel met een kruis van goud gekantonneerd van achttien blokjes van dezelfde kleur, vijf schuinkruisgewijs geplaatst in elk kanton van het schildhoofd en vier twee en twee geplaatst in elk kanton van de schildvoet - het schild getopt met een helm van zilvel getralied, gehalsband en omboord van goud, gevoerd van keel, met dekkleden van goud en van sabel; helmteken: de leeuw van het schild uitkomend tussen een vlucht van goud en van sabel.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on January 21, 1957.

The arms are based on the arms on the oldest seal of the village, known since 1581. The seal shows a lion holding the arms of the D'Autel family, Lords of Vogelzang from 1436-1700, to which also the village of Houthalen belonged. The lion is maybe taken from the arms of the van Knyphausen family, as in 1579 Jan, baron van Innhausen en Knyphausen, married Oriande d'Autel.

Image gallery

The arms on a municipal cover (1960s)

Literature: Image provided by Rudy Vanhorenbeeck, Belgium.

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