Sint-Denijs-Westrem

	SINT-DENIJS-WESTREM Country : Belgium Province : Oost-Vlaanderen Incorporated into: 1975 Gent 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":51.0200999999999993406163412146270275115966796875,"lon":3.667800000000000171240799318184144794940948486328125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	In keel, drie sleutels van goud, de baarden omhoog, twee en een geplaatst. Het schild voor een Heiligen Dionysius van goud geplaatst.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on January 5, 1925.

The arms show the three keys of the St. Pieters Abbey in Gent, to which the village belonged from around 900 to the 18th century. The supporter is St. Dionysius (Sint Denijs), the local patron saint.

Image gallery

The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms on a police badge (source)

Literature: Servais, 1955

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