Melsele

	MELSELE Country : Belgium Province : Oost-Vlaanderen Incorporated into: 1977 Beveren 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":51.22109999999999985220711096189916133880615234375,"lon":4.28169999999999983941734171821735799312591552734375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
French	D'azur, à la vierge assise, couronnée, tenant en la main droite un sceptre portant sur le bras gauche l'enfant Jésus également couronnée, soutenant le globe terrestre, le tout d'or.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on March 12, 1875.

The arms show the patron saint of the village and are derived from the only known seal of the village, dating from the 17th century. On the seal St. Mary is accompanied by three angel heads, which were not taken into the arms in 1875.

Image gallery

Municipal letterhead, 1921
The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930

Literature: Servais, 1955

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