Waterland-Oudeman

	WATERLAND-OUDEMAN Country : Belgium Province : Oost-Vlaanderen Incorporated into: 1977 Sint-Laureins 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":51.2884999999999990905052982270717620849609375,"lon":3.589799999999999879918277656543068587779998779296875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	Van keel met twee balken van lazuur beladen met eene de helft minder breede balk van zilver en vergezeld van drie gerangschikte sleutels van hetzelfde den sleutenbaard bovenwaerts.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on July 21, 1923.

The arms are based on the seal of the local council dating from 1696. The meaning and origin of the arms, however, is not known. Similar arms already appeared on a overview of the arms of the villages in the Vrije van Brugge in 1619.

Image gallery

The arms in 1619
The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930

Literature: Servais, 1955

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