Rupelmonde

	RUPELMONDE Country : Belgium Province : West-Vlaanderen Incorporated into: 1977 Kruibeke 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":51.1272000000000019781509763561189174652099609375,"lon":4.29070000000000018047785488306544721126556396484375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	(1819) Van lazuur beladen met een dubbelden arend van goud, hebbende op deszelfs borst een schildje van goud beladen met een tolhuis en van boven verzeld van een leggende degen alles van lazuur, het schild gedekt met een kroon van goud. (1840) een blaeuw vel, met eenen gulden tweehoofdigen arend met uitgestrekte vleugelen, voerende op de borst een gulden schildeken met een blaeuw kasteel vergezeld in het bovenste veld van een blaeuw zwaerd, dwars geplaetst, het punt ter regter zyde. het wapen gedekt met eene gulden kroon.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on October 13, 1819 and confirmed on January 30, 1840.

The arms are based on the oldest seals of the city. The oldest seals, known from 1237, 1273 and 1515 all show a castle with a sword. The sword probably indicated that the castle was used as a prison from the Counts of Vlaanderen. In the 17th century the eagle was added as a supporter. In 1819 the supporter was not placed behind the shield, but on the shield, which was never corrected.

The colours are the Dutch national colours, as in 1813 the mayor applied without indicating the colours. The arms were thus granted in the national colours. When the arms were confirmed after the Belgian independence, the colours were not changed.

Image gallery

The arms in 1562
The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930
Municipal stamp, 1951

Literature: Servais, 1955

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