Halle (Vlaams-Brabant)

The arms from 1824 The arms from 1842/1991	HALLE (VLAAMS-BRABANT) Country : Belgium Province : Vlaams-Brabant Additions: 1977 Buizingen 1977 Lembeek 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":50.73479999999999989768184605054557323455810546875,"lon":4.23669999999999991047161529422737658023834228515625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	(1824) Van zilver,beladen met een St. Maarten van sabel, het schild gedekt met eene kroon van goud. (1842) Eenen schild in vieren gedeeld,het 1e perk blauw, met een zilveren half-beeld van O.L.V. houdende haeren zoon met eene gulden kroon en gulden hair,het 2e en 3e met het wapen van Henegouwen,en het laetste met dat van Beyeren. (1991) Gevierendeeld 1. in lazuur een uitkomende gekroonde Onze-Lieve-Vrouw met Kind Jezus van zilver, het Kind gekroond en met haren van goud 2. en 3. gevierendeeld: 1. en 4. in goud een leeuw van sabel, geklauwd en getongd van keel 2. en 3. in goud een leeuw van keel, geklauwd en getongd van lazuur 4. schuingeruit van zilver en van lazuur.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1823, changed on August 29, 1842 and confirmed on October 1, 1991.

The arms were most likely granted in 1357 by Willem van Beieren, Count of Hainaut, at the time Lord of Halle. The arms show in the first quarter the local patron saint, St.Mary. The second and third quarter show the arms of the Counts of Hainaut (Henegouwen). The fourth quarter shows the arms of Bavaria (Beieren), the diamonds of the Wittelsbach family.

The city applied in 1814 for the use of its historical arms, but the Dutch government granted in 1824 arms with St.Martin, the (new) patron saint of the city.

The city did not agree with the decision and applied for the old arms again, which were granted in 1842 after the Belgian independence. After the mergers in 1977 the arms were not changed.

Image gallery

The arms in a 17th century manuscript
The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms on a police badge (source)
The arms on a Roulertas Confiserie label

Literature: Servais, 1955

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