Manhole covers in Echt

Registration No. 9350963703

etienne-van-den-homberghThe coats of arms of Dutch municipalities are all described on the Wikipedia page “Coats of Arms from A to Z,” including that of the municipality of Weert. Here is a brief explanation of two notable elements. In heraldry, the inverted V is called a chevron, and in the textile world, a chevron is a weaving pattern. Weert had a thriving cloth industry in the late Middle Ages. The three horns above the chevron refer to the Counts of Horn, who ruled Weert for a long time. One of these counts is all too well known in the Netherlands from our national history: in 1568, he was beheaded on the Grand Place in Brussels for rebelling against Philip II.

Registration No. 4760828184

etienne-van-den-homberghHeraldry of the World points out that this is a merger coat of arms. In 2003, the municipalities of Echt and Susteren merged. The elegant sisters from Susteren were given a dominant place in the new design. Very subtly, the alder cones are also under the shield. Echt provided the shield with the large St. Andrew's cross and the twelve small crosses.