2.2.2 Belgian Province of Limburg (1839/NOW)

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• Description of the flags
• Description of the arms
• History of the province

See also:

• Dutch Province of Limburg

(1) Argent, lion rampant with two tails gules, crowned, nailed and tongued or. In escutcheon, per fess ten pieces or and gules. Proportions are 2:3.

This flag was adopted by the provincial council of Limburg on 8th of May, 1996, and approved by the Flemish government on the 29th of October, 1996.

This flag is identical to the old flag, except for the escutcheon. This escutcheon was the arm of the old county of Loon, and is also present on the arms and flag of the province of Liège.

(2) Lion rampant gules, crowned, nailed and tongued or on silver.

Argent, a lion rampant with two tails, crowned, nailed and tongued or. In escutcheon, ten pieces per fess or and gules. On top, a ducal cap, and the arms are supported on the right by a deer in proper colours and on the left by a swan in proper colours, with a crown or around its neck. All above two oak branches crossing below, in proper colours.

This coat of arms was adopted by the provincial council of Limburg on 8th of May, 1996, and approved by the Flemish government on the 29th of October, 1996.

The region, nowadays forming both the Belgian and Dutch provinces of Limburg, was in the Old Ages inhabited by the Eburones, who were destroyed by the Romans. Later on, it was inhabited by the Taxandrians and the Tongres. The area East of the Meuse formed in the Middle Ages the county, and later on the duchy of Limburg, which was formed in the 11th century and got its name from the fortress on the place where now Limbourg (in the present-day Belgian province of Liège) lies. After the battle near Woeringen in 1288, it was untied with Brabant. The area West of the Meuse was called the county of Loon. During the Middle Ages, the duchy of Limburg was one of the Seventeen Provinces. During the French occupation, which lasted from 1795 until 1815, the land of Herve, part of the duchy of Limburg, was merged to the departement of Ourthe, while the rest of the duchy together with the county of Loon formed the departement Lower-Meuse. This departement became in 1815 the province of Limburg, which only in 1839 was split up into Belgian and Dutch Limburg.

2.2.2.1 Commune of Alken

2.2.2.2 Commune of As

2.2.2.3 Commune of Beringen

2.2.2.4 Commune of Bilzen

2.2.2.5 Commune of Bocholt

2.2.2.6 Commune of Borgloon

2.2.2.7 Commune of Bree

2.2.2.8 Commune of Diepenbeek

2.2.2.9 Commune of Dilsen

2.2.2.10 Commune of Genk

2.2.2.11 Commune of Gingelom

2.2.2.12 Commune of Halen

2.2.2.13 Commune of Ham

2.2.2.14 Commune of Hamont-Achel

2.2.2.15 City of Hasselt

2.2.2.16 Commune of Hechtel-Eksel

2.2.2.17 Commune of Heers

2.2.2.18 Commune of Herk-de-Stad

2.2.2.19 Commune of Herstappe

2.2.2.20 Commune of Heusden-Zolder

2.2.2.21 Commune of Houthalen-Helchteren

2.2.2.22 Commune of Kinrooi

2.2.2.23 Commune of Kortessem

2.2.2.24 Commune of Leopoldsburg

2.2.2.25 Commune of Lommel

2.2.2.26 Commune of Lummen

2.2.2.27 City of Maaseik

2.2.2.28 Commune of Maasmechelen

2.2.2.29 Commune of Meeuwen-Gruitrode

2.2.2.30 Commune of Neerpelt

2.2.2.31 Commune of Nieuwerkerken

2.2.2.32 Commune of Opglabbeek

2.2.2.33 Commune of Overpelt

2.2.2.34 Commune of Peer

2.2.2.35 Commune of Riemst

2.2.2.36 City of Sint-Truiden

2.2.2.37 Commune of Tessenderlo

2.2.2.38 Commune of Tongeren

2.2.2.39 Commune of Voeren

2.2.2.39.1 Action fouronnaise

2.2.2.40 Commune of Wellen

2.2.2.41 Commune of Zonhoven

2.2.2.42 Commune of Zutendaal

Last modification: 1997-02-01