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|[[File:merksplas.jpg|center|300 px|alt=Wapen van {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]<center>The arms from 1846</center>[[File:merkspla.jpg|center|300 px|alt=Wapen van {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]<center>The arms from 1993</center> | |||
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'''Country''' : Belgium [[File:Belgium.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Province''' : <br>[[Antwerpen (provincie)|Antwerpen]][[File:antwerp3.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into:''' | |||
* 1976 Bekegem | |||
* 1976 [[Eernegem]] | |||
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|'''Dutch''' | |||
*(1993 In sabel, omkleed van goud, een leeuw van het tweede, geklauwd en getongd van keel. | | * (1993) In sabel, omkleed van goud, een leeuw van het tweede, geklauwd en getongd van keel. | ||
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|'''French''' | |||
| * (1846) De sable au lion d'argent. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were granted on July 20, 1993. | The arms were granted in 1848 ans changed on on July 20, 1993. | ||
The | The old arms show the lion of the arms of the Counts of Salm-Salm, who owned the manor in the 18th century. | ||
The old seals of Merksplas initially showed St. Michael, the patron saint of the Sint-Michiels Abbey in Antwerpen, which had a lot of possessions in Merksplas. These seals were used until 1550. On seals from 1568 and 1616 a lion in a diamond appeared. The lion is taken from the arms of the Counts of Hoogstraten, as the village belonged to the Hoogstraten county at the time. The lion itself was probably taken by the counts from the arms of the Dukes of Brabant, their overlords. | The old seals of Merksplas initially showed St. Michael, the patron saint of the Sint-Michiels Abbey in Antwerpen, which had a lot of possessions in Merksplas. These seals were used until 1550. On seals from 1568 and 1616 a lion in a diamond appeared. The lion is taken from the arms of the Counts of Hoogstraten, as the village belonged to the Hoogstraten county at the time. The lion itself was probably taken by the counts from the arms of the Dukes of Brabant, their overlords. | ||
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The Flemish Heraldic Council concluded that the lion of Salm-Salm was not correct, as the seals already showed a lion before the family acquired the village. The new arms thus show the image of the 16th century seals, in the colours of Brabant. | The Flemish Heraldic Council concluded that the lion of Salm-Salm was not correct, as the seals already showed a lion before the family acquired the village. The new arms thus show the image of the 16th century seals, in the colours of Brabant. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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| | File:merxplas1.hagbe.jpg|alt=Wapen van Merksplas/Arms (crest) of Merksplas|The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930 | ||
File:Merksplasc.jpg|alt=Wapen van Merksplas/Arms (crest) of Merksplas|The arms on a municipal cover (1960s) | |||
File:merksplas1.jpg|alt=Wapen van Merksplas/Arms (crest) of Merksplas|The arms in wood as shown in the city hall. | |||
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| | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Anonymous : Van evers en heiligen - wapens en vlaggen van de gemeenten in de provincie Antwerpen. Antwerpen, 1998; Viane-Wouters and Warlop, 2002; image in wood obtained from the Merksplas council (http://www.merksplas.be) | ||
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[[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms M]] | [[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms M]] | ||