page_title: Brouwershaven
section_title: Heraldry
hierarchical_section_title: Brouwershaven / Heraldry
caption_attribution_description: Marina of Brouwershaven
context_page_description: Brouwershaven is a small city on the Grevelingen in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 45 km southwest of Hellevoetsluis.
  Brouwershaven received city rights in 1477.
  In 2001, the town of Brouwershaven had 1307 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.39 km², and contained 705 residences.
  The statistical area "Brouwershaven", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1540.
context_section_description: A shield for the town appears  as early as 1540 and consists of a gold eagle sable, the arms of Louis of Bavaria, with chest arms of his wife Margrethe II of Hainaut. This diamond-shaped shield has four lions the position which has changed over time, in the current version they are away and turn each other in pairs. In addition to the eagle stands in gold a lion rampant gules (red), from the shield of Holland. The shield is covered by a golden crown with five leaves. Such a heraldic crown was actually awarded only to towns with a seat on the provincial council and Brouwershaven was granted this improperly in this case because Brouwershaven never had a seat in the States of Zeeland.
  The shield was confirmed as municipal coat of arms on July 31, 1817. After the local government reorganization of 1961 the Shield was retained for the new municipality.
caption: The harbour
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