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Belgische Gemeentewapens - Armories communales de Belgique
Belgian Civic Heraldry

SINT MARTENS LATEM

Province : Oost Vlaanderen
Additions : 1976 Deurle

Origin/meaning :
The arms were granted on May 7, 1985.

The arms are based on the previous arms and show in the first quarter the barred lion of the St. Baafs Abbey in Gent, to which the village of Lathem belonged since before 1121. The golden cross in black is taken from the arms of the De Causemaecker family and represents the estate of 's Graven Hazele, which was from 1775-1785 a possession of this family. The red cross is taken from the arms of the Lords of Nevele, which owned large possessions in and near Deurle. The three keys are taken from the arms of the Sint Pieters Abbey in Gent, an Abbey with extended possessions in the whole larger region, including the present municipality.

The previous arms showed similar elements as shown below.

In the old arms the lion, red cross and keys are identical. The black lion now represents 's Graven Hezele and shows the lion of Vlaanderen (for Graven, meaning here the Counts of Vlaanderen).

Literature : Servais, 1968; Viane-Wouters and Warlop, 2002.

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