Koksijde

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KOKSIJDE

Province : West-Vlaanderen
Additions : 1977 Oostduinkerke (1970 Wulpen)

Official blazon

(1952) In sinopel een zespuntige ster van goud en een schildhoofd van lazuur, bezaaid met lelies van goud en beladen met drie palen van het veld.
(1988) In goud twee schuingekruiste en afgewende kromstaven van keel, vergezeld in het hoofdschild van een omgekeerde arendspoot en in de schildvoet van een dolfijn, beide van sabel; een dwarsbalk van lazuur over alles heen.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on June 14, 1988.

The arms are those of the Ter Duinen Abbey, a large and important abbey, which has played a very large role in the history of the municipality. The Abbey was founded about a century before the parish of Koksijde was established.

The Abbey arms on a painting by Pieter Pourbus (1580, Groeningemuseum, Brugge)

The arms of the Abbey initially showed a crosier and a fish. In 1423 the arms showed two crossed keys and a fish, in 1580 the arms shown above appeared.

The previous arms were granted in 1952.

These arms are those of Elias van Koksijde, abbott of Ten Duinen from 1189-1203. These arms are not historically confirmed and thus were replaced by the Abbey arms after the merger in 1977.