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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Belgium [[File:Belgium.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Province''' : <br>[[Oost-Vlaanderen]][[File:Oostvlaanderen.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Additions:''' | |||
* 1977 [[Kemzeke]] | |||
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*(1818) Van lazuur, beladen met drie visschen van goud. | |'''Dutch''' | ||
*(1845) D'azur, à trois poissons contournds, d'or, posés en fasce. | | | ||
* (1818) Van lazuur, beladen met drie visschen van goud. | |||
* (1985) In lazuur drie omgewende zwemmende vissen van goud, boven elkaar geplaatst. | |||
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|'''French''' | |||
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* (1845) D'azur, à trois poissons contournds, d'or, posés en fasce. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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One explanation of the arms is that the fish symbolise the terrible floods of 1583 in which the whole village was flooded. The floods depopulated the area and the council of Stekene was joined with Kemzeke and the village belonged to Kemzeke until 1792. | One explanation of the arms is that the fish symbolise the terrible floods of 1583 in which the whole village was flooded. The floods depopulated the area and the council of Stekene was joined with Kemzeke and the village belonged to Kemzeke until 1792. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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| | File:Stekene1558.jpg|alt=Wapen van Stekene/Arms (crest) of Stekene|The arms in a manuscript from 1558 | ||
File:stekene.hagbe.jpg|alt=Wapen van Stekene/Arms (crest) of Stekene|The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930 | |||
File:Stekenec.jpg|alt=Wapen van Stekene/Arms (crest) of Stekene|The arms on a municipal cover (1970s) | |||
File:stekene.pol.jpg|alt=Wapen van Stekene/Arms (crest) of Stekene|The arms on a police badge ([http://blog.seniorennet.be/police_politie_insignes/ source]) | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Servais, 1955 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Servais, 1955 | ||