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'''Country''' : Belgium [[File:Belgium.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
'''Province''' : <br>[[West-Vlaanderen]][[File:westvlaanderen.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
'''Incorporated into:'''
* 1977 [[De Haan]]
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Province : [[West-Vlaanderen]]<br/>
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[[File:klemsker.jpg|center|Wapen van {{PAGENAME}}]]
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| D'argent à la crois recercelée & vidée de gueules.
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D'argent à la crois recercelée & vidée de gueules.
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====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on June 18, 1845.
The arms were granted on June 18, 1845.


The arms show a cross, derived from the cross of the Knights Templar. The area was for a long time in the Middle Ages a possession of the Knights Templar. Several municipalities in the former Vincx Ambacht use similar arms, which differ only in the number of (canting) finches. The Vincx Ambacht was a part of the Vrije van Brugge, a large territory surrounding the city of Brugge, but not belonging to the city ([[Vrije van Brugge]] means Freedom-of-Brugge).  
The arms show a cross, derived from the cross of the Knights Templar. The area was for a long time in the Middle Ages a possession of the Knights Templar. Several municipalities in the former Vincx Ambacht use similar arms, which differ only in the number of (canting) finches. The Vincx Ambacht was a part of the Vrije van Brugge, a large territory surrounding the city of Brugge, but not belonging to the city ([[Vrije van Brugge]] means Freedom-of-Brugge).  


The different arms were already mentioned on the map made of the Vrije van Brugge by Pourbus in 1562.
The different arms were already mentioned on the map made of the [[Vrije van Brugge]] by Pourbus in 1562.


The other villages are [[Bredene]], [[Nieuwmunster]] and [[Vlissegem]].
The other villages are [[Bredene]], [[Nieuwmunster]] and [[Vlissegem]].


{|align="center"
===Image gallery===
|align="center"|[[File:klemskerke1.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms on the map of Pourbus  
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|align="center"|[[File:clemskerke.hagbe.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930  
File:Klemskerke1619.jpg|alt=Wapen van Klemskerke/Arms (crest) of Klemskerke|The arms in 1619
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File:klemskerke1.jpg|alt=Wapen van Klemskerke/Arms (crest) of Klemskerke|The arms on the map of Pourbus  
File:clemskerke.hagbe.jpg|alt=Wapen van Klemskerke/Arms (crest) of Klemskerke|The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930  
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Servais, 1955


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[[Literature]] : Servais, 1955


[[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms K]]
[[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms K]]
[[Category:West-Vlaanderen]]
[[Category:West-Vlaanderen]]
[[Category:Granted 1845]]
[[Category:Granted 1845]]

Revision as of 07:21, 3 September 2023

Wapen van Klemskerke/Arms (crest) of Klemskerke
KLEMSKERKE

Country : Belgium
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Province :
West-Vlaanderen
Westvlaanderen.jpg



Incorporated into:


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Official blazon
French D'argent à la crois recercelée & vidée de gueules.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on June 18, 1845.

The arms show a cross, derived from the cross of the Knights Templar. The area was for a long time in the Middle Ages a possession of the Knights Templar. Several municipalities in the former Vincx Ambacht use similar arms, which differ only in the number of (canting) finches. The Vincx Ambacht was a part of the Vrije van Brugge, a large territory surrounding the city of Brugge, but not belonging to the city (Vrije van Brugge means Freedom-of-Brugge).

The different arms were already mentioned on the map made of the Vrije van Brugge by Pourbus in 1562.

The other villages are Bredene, Nieuwmunster and Vlissegem.

Image gallery

Literature: Servais, 1955


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