Moorsele

	MOORSELE Country : Belgium Province : West-Vlaanderen Incorporated into: 1977 Wevelgem 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":50.83890000000000242152964347042143344879150390625,"lon":3.16040000000000009805489753489382565021514892578125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	(1822) Van zwart, beladen met een bijenkorf omgeven van vijf vliegende bijen en vergezeld van boven van twee weverspoelen geplaatst als een St. Andrieskruis, alles van goud. (1950) Gevierendeeld van goud en van sabel.
French	(1855) D'or à deux bandes de gueules.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 12, 1822. New arms were granted on May 31, 1855 and again different arms on February 3, 1950.

The arms from 1822 show symbols of agriculture (shuttles, bees and beehive). These arms had no historical significance.

In 1855 the arms were changed and these arms were supposedly the arms of the Lords of Moorsele from the 13th century. However, the arms were those of the Lords of Moorslede, who had no historical ties to Moorsele.

This mistake was corrected in 1950 when the above arms were granted. These are the arms of Robert-Alexander van Lens van Oyghem, last Lord of Moorsele from 1792-1796.

Image gallery

The arms from 1822
The arms from 1855
The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930

Literature: Servais, 1955

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