Zonnebeke

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	ZONNEBEKE Country : Belgium Province : West-Vlaanderen Additions: 1977 Beselare 1977 Geluveld 1970 Zandvoorde 1977 Passendale 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":50.87219999999999942019712761975824832916259765625,"lon":2.988300000000000178346226675785146653652191162109375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	(1953) Van azuur met een zon van goud bezet in het middelpunt met de letters BK gesteld in een rechthoek, het geheel van azuur. (1988) In keel een zon met 28 stralen van goud; hartschild: in sabel de hoofdletters BK van goud; het hartschild getopt rechts met een mijter en links met de krul van een kromstaf, beide van zilver.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on May 30, 1953 and again on October 5, 1988.

The sun in the arms is a canting element (zon=sun). The arms are based on the arms of the former Zonnebeke Abbey, that showed a sun rising from a green stream (beek=stream) and the letters BK in red. The letters BK form the latter part of the name : Zon and BK. The abbey owned and ruled the village from 1112-1799. The arms are known from the local seals from the late 18th century.

In 1988 the arms were changed according to the actual image of the seal.

Image gallery

The arms from 1953
The arms on a police badge (source)

Literature: Servais, 1955

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