Jabbeke

The arms from 1843 The arms from 1990	JABBEKE Country : Belgium Province : West-Vlaanderen Additions: 1977 Snellegem 1977 Stalhille 1977 Varsenare 1977 Zerkegem 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":51.18220000000000169393388205207884311676025390625,"lon":3.0937999999999998834709913353435695171356201171875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	(1843) Een zwart veld, met dry zilveren zwaenen 2 en 1,met roode bekken en beenen. (1990) Gevierendeeld 1. in sabel tien schelpen van zilver, geplaatst 4, 3 en 3, 2. in sabel een zwaan van zilver, gebekt van keel, zwemmend op een water van natuurlijke kleur 3. in zilver een grafzerk van lazuur met twee uitkomende hertshorens van keel 4. in sabel drie omgekeerde zwaarden van zilver, schuin geplaatst en linksschuin geschikt; hartschild: in sabel drie zwanen van zilver, gebekt en gepoot van keel.
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Origin/meaning

The first arms were granted on April 11, 1843. The new arms on April 17, 1990.

The origin of the three swans is not clear. The arms appear for Jabbeke on a 17^th century map. The municipality based their arms on this map when they applied for the arms.

The new arms combine the arms of the four municipalities that were incorporated into Jabbeke and the old arms as an inescutcheon.

Image gallery

The arms in 1619
The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms on a police badge (source)

Literature: Servais, 1955; http://www.jabbeke.be

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