Melle (Oost-Vlaanderen)

	MELLE Country: Belgium Province: Oost-Vlaanderen Additions: 1977 Gontrode Incorporated into: 2025 Merelbeke-Melle 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":51.0033600000000006957634468562901020050048828125,"lon":3.797969999999999846096443434362299740314483642578125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	(1951) Van goud met een leeuw van sabel genageld en getongd van keel en een uitgeschulpte zoom van sabel - het schild geplaatst voor een Sint-Martinus met aureool te paard, houdende in de rechterhand een zwaard waarmee hij zijn mantel, die hij met de linkerhand houdt, in tweeën snijdt, en waarvan hij de helft geeft aan een arme, op de grond gezeten rechts, steunend met de linkerhand op een kruk, alles geplaatst op een grasgrond, het geheel van goud. (1980) In goud vier kepers van keel, de bovenste afgesneden.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on February 19, 1951 and changed on December 10, 1980.

The arms from 1951

The old arms show the lion and the bordure of the Lords of Rode. In the 12^th century Melle was acquired by the Lords of Rode, who owned the estate for several centuries (see also Gentbrugge en Gontrode). The supporter is the local patron saint, St. Martin of Tours.

The new arms are those of the former Lords of Melle from the late 13^th century. Their arms are mentioned in a roll of arms from 1557. They descended from the knight Zeger van Kortrijk van Drongen (1231-1248), who already used four chevrons, the upper one couped.

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The arms on a police badge (source)

Literature: Servais, 1955

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