Walcourt

The arms from 1874 The arms from 1980	WALCOURT Country : Belgium Province : Namur Additions: 1977 Berzée 1977 Castillon 1977 Chastrès 1977 Clermont 1977 Fontenelle 1977 Fraire 1977 Gourdinne 1977 Laneffe 1977 Pry 1977 Rognée 1977 Somzée 1977 Tarcienne 1977 Thy-le-Château 1977 Vogenée 1977 Yves-Gomezée 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":50.25070000000000192130755749531090259552001953125,"lon":4.43430000000000035242919693700969219207763671875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
French	(1874) D'azur, à une ville close d'argent, ajourée et maçonnée de sable; au canton senestre d'or, à l'aigle éployée à dextre, de gueules, becquée et membrée d'azur. (1980) D'argent à l'aigle de gueules, languée et membrée d'azur au vol abaissé.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on December 14, 1874. New arms were adopted on September 9, 1980.

The arms are based on the oldest seals of the city, dating from the 16^th century. The seal showed a castle and in the upper left corner the arms of Namur. The town at the time was a possession of the Counts of Namur. In the 16^th century the town was acquired by Emperor Charles V, and the lion was replaced by the imperial eagle (black on gold). In 1874 the old composition was retained, but the imperial eagle was replaced by the eagle of the Lords of Walcourt, the oldest lords of the town (see also Rochefort).

Currently the municipality, however, uses different arms, based on the 1874 arms.

Image gallery

The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms on a Roulertas Confiserie label
The arms on a police badge (source)
The arms used by the municipality (2015)

Literature: Servais, 1955

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