approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader
3,865,890
edits
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "50 px|link=Belgium[[Category" to "[[Category") |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "COunts" to "Counts") |
||
Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
The arms were officially granted on November 22, 1924 and new arms on May 26, 1987. | The arms were officially granted on November 22, 1924 and new arms on May 26, 1987. | ||
The current arms show a divided shield with the arms of the Camerlincx-ambacht and the city of [[Lombardsijde]]. The main part of the current municipality was historically part of the Camerlincx-ambacht within the [[Brugse Vrije]]. The district used a quartered shield, taken from the arms of the Van Grammene family in the 13th century. In 1330 the area was sold to the | The current arms show a divided shield with the arms of the Camerlincx-ambacht and the city of [[Lombardsijde]]. The main part of the current municipality was historically part of the Camerlincx-ambacht within the [[Brugse Vrije]]. The district used a quartered shield, taken from the arms of the Van Grammene family in the 13th century. In 1330 the area was sold to the Counts of Vlaanderen. | ||
The old arms from 1924 were rather different, see below, and are those of the Lords of Raversijde, as the Raversijde estae was near Middelkerke. | The old arms from 1924 were rather different, see below, and are those of the Lords of Raversijde, as the Raversijde estae was near Middelkerke. |
edits