Neeroeteren
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Belgium - Belgische Gemeentewapens / Armorial de Belgique |
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NEEROETEREN
Province : Limburg
Incorporated into : 1977 Maaseik
Origin/meaning :
The arms were officially granted on January 14, 1902.
The arms were granted to Neeroeteren in 1365 by Margareta van Heinsberg, Abbess of the Thorn Convent, to which Neeroeteren belonged. The arms show the bars of the County Loon, in which the village is situated, and the fish from the counts of Chiny. Margarethe van Heinsberg descended from the Counts of Loon-Chiny.
 The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930 |
Literature : Servais, 1955