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Belgische Gemeentewapens - Armories communales de Belgique Belgian Civic Heraldry TONGEREN Province : Limburg Additions : 1971 Berg, Henis, Koniksem, Neerrepen, Riksingen; 1976 Elderen, Haren Kolmont, Lauw, Mal, Nerem, Rutten, Sluizen, Vreren Origin/meaning : The arms were granted on October 20, 1818 and again on May 25, 1838. The complete arms show a crown and as a crest a crowned swan. Tongeren is the oldest city in Belgium, already an important town in Roman times. The oldest seal of the city of Tongeren dates from the 13th century and shows a fortified city. Later the seals showed a shield with (variations) of the arms of the Van Elderen family. In the 15th century the Van Elderen family acted as vassals of the Bishops of Liège, to which the city belonged. In 1496 the arms of Arnold van Elderen were described as a shield of vair, with a bar. Later images changed the components to the above arms, in which the vair has been replaced by 9 pieces of vair and the bar reduced to a smaller bar placed in the upper half of the shield. Literature : Servais, 1955

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