Meeswijk

Country : Belgium Province : Limburg Incorporated into: 1970 Leut 197 Maasmechelen 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,"lon":5.746900000000000119371179607696831226348876953125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

Dutch	In goud een recht-gelegde roode rooster; het schild rustende op een rechtstaanden gouden abtsstaf, de krul rechts.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on April 19, 1907.

The arms show a grill, the symbol of the local patron saint, St. Lawrence. The colours of the arms are those of the former County of Loon. The village historically was a possession of the St. Lawrence Abbey in Liège, hence the choice of the patron saint. The grill already appeared on the 17^th century seal of the local council.

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  The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930

Literature: Vianae-Awouters and Warlop, 2002.

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