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Municipal flag of Ruiselede - Image by Arnaud Leroy, 1 November 2007
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The municipality of Ruiselede (5,139 inhabitants on 2007; 3,020 ha; municipal website) is located 20 km west of Ghent, on the border between West and East Flanders.
Ruiselede was mentioned for the first time in 1106, when Bishop of
Tournai Baldricus transferred the church of Rusleda to the St. Bertinus abbey in Saint-Omer. Rusleda is a toponym of Germanic origin, meaning "a watercourse or a hillside covered with reeds".
In the Middle Ages, the village of Ruslede depended of the the court of
Oudburg in Ghent; it was probably originally named Axpoele, after the
castle of Axpoele, the seat of a domain that spread from Beernem to the village of Poeke. The Poeke family bore the title of barons of Poeke and lords of Axpoele.
The radio station of Ruiselede is located in the Gulke Putten domain, today a nature reserve (69 ha), member of the European "Natura 2000" network. The station has been continuously used since 1923. The masts and transmission buildings, once used to set up communications with America and Central Africa, were registered on the national heritage list in 1999. Originally owned by the RTT (Régie des Télégraphes et des Téléphones, founded in 1930) and its successor, Belgacom (founded in 1991), the station was transferred to the Belgian Army in 2001.
Ivan Sache, 1 November 2007
The flag of Ruiselede is horizontally divided white-black,
with a red zigzag in the white stripe.
The flag, approved on 27 September 1985 by the Municipal Council, is prescribed by a Decree issued on 2 December 1985 by the Executive of Flanders and published on 8 July 1986 in the Belgian official gazette.
The flag is a quasi banner of the municipal arms, the chief having been
increased in height so that the two horizontal stripes are of equal
width.
[Gemeentewapens in België - Vlaanderen en Brussel [w2v02a]]
The arms of Ruiselede, originally granted by
Royal Decree on 28 August 1847, are derived from the arms of the
lords of Axpoele, owners of most of the village in the 13th century.
[Wapenboek van de Provinciën en Gemeenten van België [svm55a]]
Arnaud Leroy, Pascal Vagnat & Ivan Sache, 1 November 2007