Vreren

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VREREN

Province : Limburg
Incorporated into : 1970 Elderen (1977 Tongeren)

Official blazon

Van azuur met een heilige bisschop, gemijterd, rechtstaand, aanziend, met de rechterhand zegenend op antieke wijze en houdend in de linkerhand een staf met kromming naar buiten gekeerd, alles van goud.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on May 12, 1965.

The seals of the parish and court of Vreren historically showed either the local patron saint, St. Medardus, or St. Lambertus, bishop of Liège, as the village belonged to the diocese of Liège. As it was not clear which bishop was shown on the selas, the blazon simply states a 'bishop'.