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{{be}} | {{be}}<seo title="Wapen van Turnhout" titlemode="append"></seo> | ||
'''TURNHOUT''' | '''TURNHOUT''' | ||
Province : [[Antwerpen (provincie)|Antwerpen]] | Province : [[Antwerpen (provincie)|Antwerpen]] | ||
[[File:turnhout.jpg|center]] | [[File:turnhout.jpg|center|Wapen van Turnhout]] | ||
====Official blazon==== | ====Official blazon==== | ||
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====Origin/meaning==== | ====Origin/meaning==== | ||
The arms were granted | The arms were granted on July 28, 1819, again after the Belgian independence on March 22, 1838 and confirmed on October 13, 1993. | ||
The oldest seal of the city of Turnhout dates from 1259 and already shows a deer running away from a dog. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:turnhoutz1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal 1355 | |||
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The deer was wearing a collar with the small shield of the Lords of Berthout. They were known as Lords of Turnhout from the early 12<sup>th</sup> century until 1347. The deer and dog may symbolise the fact that the area was used by the Dukes of Brabant as a hunting area. On the 17<sup>th</sup> century seal of the city only the deer was shown, the dog was removed. This composition was granted as arms in 1819. | |||
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