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<center>''' {{uc:Middelburg}} '''</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> | |||
'''Incorporated into:''' | |||
* 1977 [[Maldegem]] | |||
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*(1825) Van keel beladen met eenen arduin steenen burg in zijne natuurlijke kleur. | *(1825) Van keel beladen met eenen arduin steenen burg in zijne natuurlijke kleur. | ||
*(1839) Een rood veld, waerop eene sterkte, met dry kanteelen waerop twee witte torentjes. | *(1839) Een rood veld, waerop eene sterkte, met dry kanteelen waerop twee witte torentjes. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on June 23, 1825 and again on February 19, 1839. | The arms were officially granted on June 23, 1825 and again on February 19, 1839. | ||
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File:middelburg1825.jpg|alt=Wapen van Middelburg/Arms (crest) of Middelburg|The arms from 1825 | |||
</gallery> | |||
The arms show a canting castle (burg). Middelburg developed as a city in the | The arms show a canting castle (burg). Middelburg developed as a city in the 15<sup>th</sup> century under Pieter Blandelin. Middelburg was situated in the Land van Aardenburg region of Vlaanderen at the time and received the arms of [[Aardenburg]] in reversed colours. | ||
Only one seal is known from the city, dating from 1730, which shows the arms as granted in 1839 and not as granted in 1825. | Only one seal is known from the city, dating from 1730, which shows the arms as granted in 1839 and not as granted in 1825. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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| | File:Middelburg1558.jpg|alt=Wapen van Middelburg/Arms (crest) of Middelburg|The arms in a manuscript from 1558 | ||
File:Middelburgov1559.jpg|alt=Wapen van Middelburg/Arms (crest) of Middelburg|The arms in a manuscript from 1559 | |||
File:Middelburg1619.jpg|alt=Wapen van Middelburg/Arms (crest) of Middelburg|The arms in 1619 | |||
File:middelburg.hagbe.jpg|alt=Wapen van Middelburg/Arms (crest) of Middelburg|The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930 | |||
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'''[https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/bibliography/ Literature]''': Servais, 1955 | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
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[[Category:Oost-Vlaanderen]] | [[Category:Oost-Vlaanderen]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1825]] | [[Category:Granted 1825]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1839]] | [[Category:Granted 1839]] |
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