Zerkegem

	ZERKEGEM Country : Belgium Province : West-Vlaanderen Incorporated into: 1977 Jabbeke 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":51.16550000000000153477230924181640148162841796875,"lon":3.0708000000000001961097950697876513004302978515625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	Een zilver veld, met eenen blauwen zerk, waerop twee roode uitkomende hertshoornen.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on December 7, 1844.

The arms show a gravestone (grafzerk), making it a canting element. The arms are based on an image on a map dating from the 17^th century. There is no other historical evidence for the arms and the meaning of the two deer antlers is unknown.

Image gallery

The arms in 1619
The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930

Literature: Servais, 1955

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