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[[File:damme.jpg|center|Wapen van {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:damme.jpg|center|Wapen van {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on February 2, 1838 and again on March 13, 1981. | The arms were officially granted on February 2, 1838 and again on March 13, 1981. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:dammez1.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal of Damme from the first half of the 13th century | |align="center"|[[File:dammez1.jpg|center|Seal of Damme]] <br/>Seal of Damme from the first half of the 13th century | ||
|align="center"|[[File:dammez2.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal of Damme from around 1300 | |align="center"|[[File:dammez2.jpg|center|Seal of Damme]] <br/>Seal of Damme from around 1300 | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:dammez3.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal of Damme from the second half of the 14th century | |align="center"|[[File:dammez3.jpg|center|Seal of Damme]] <br/>Seal of Damme from the second half of the 14th century | ||
|align="center"|[[File:dammez4.jpg|350 px|center|Seal of Damme]] <br/>Seal of Damme on a charter of July 19, 1371 (Lübeck city archive) | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:damme.map.jpg|center|Wapen van/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on the map of Pieter Pourbus (1571, Groeningemuseum, Brugge) | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:damme.hagbe.jpg|center|Wapen van/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930 | |align="center"|[[File:damme.hagbe.jpg|center|Wapen van/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:damme2.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms as seen in the city | |align="center"|[[File:damme2.jpg|center|Wapen van/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as seen in the city | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:damme.pol.jpg|center|Wapen van/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}|275 px]] <br/>The arms on a police badge ([http://blog.seniorennet.be/police_politie_insignes/ source]) | |align="center"|[[File:damme.pol.jpg|center|Wapen van/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}|275 px]] <br/>The arms on a police badge ([http://blog.seniorennet.be/police_politie_insignes/ source]) | ||
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In 1594 the former small cities of [[Hoeke]] and [[Oostkerke (Damme)|Monnikerede]] were merged with Damme. In the new city council each of the old cities were represented by one person. At the same time a new seal was made : | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:dammez5.jpg|350 px|center|Seal of Damme]] <br/>Seal of Damme, Hoeke and Monnikerede from 1594<br>(Gruuthusemuseum, Brugge) | |||
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In 1813 became an independent municipality, Monnikerede by the time had disappeared and the area became part of the municipality of Oostkerke. Both became again part of Damme in 1976. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Servais, 1955; Ewe, 1972 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|Literature]] : Servais, 1955; Ewe, 1972 | ||
[[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms D]] | [[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms D]] |
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