Kortemark

	KORTEMARK Country: Belgium Province: West-Vlaanderen Additions: 1977 Handzame 1977 Zarren-Werken 1970 Werken 1970 Zarren 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":51.02810000000000201225702767260372638702392578125,"lon":3.044399999999999995026200849679298698902130126953125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	(1819) Gegeerd van goud en lazuur van 8 stukken met een rood schildje tot surtout, het hoofd van het schild ook van goud beladen met een zwarte naar de linker zijde gekeerde, voorbijgaande leeuw. (1842) Gulden en blauwe geeren, 10 in getal, met een rood schildeken op het geheel, het opperste deel van goud met eenen zwarten gaenden leeuw. (1980) Gegeerd van acht stukken van goud en van lazuur, met een hartschild van keel, een schildhoofd van goud met een gaande leeuw van sabel, geklauwd en getongd van keel.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on April 25, 1980.

The arms are based on the 17^th century of the Kortemark Ambacht. The seal and the arms show the arms of Oud-Vlaanderen (Old Flanders), with in the chief a lion. The lion is the newer arms of Vlaanderen. The combination of the old and new arms is probably taken from the symbols of the older Land van Wijnendale, to which Kortenaken belonged since 1281.

On November 10, 1819 the village already received the same arms, but the lion on these arms was facing left. On February 14, 1842 the arms were corrected, with the lion facing right as in the present arms. However, in both former arms the lion was completely black. In 1980 this was corrected by colouring the tongue and nails of the lion red.

Image gallery

The arms from 1819
The arms from 1842
The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms on a police badge (source)
Municipal stamp (1960s)

Literature: Servais, 1955; Viane-Awouters and Warlop, 2002

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