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Belgische Gemeentewapens - Armories communales de Belgique
Belgian Civic Heraldry

ZANDHOVEN

Province : Antwerpen
Additions : 1976 Massenhoven, Pulderbos, Pulle, Viersel

The arms were granted on August 29, 1842.

The arms were granted on November 4, 1986.

Origin/meaning :
The old arms show St. Amelberge, the local patron saint, standing on a fish (her symbol) and holding a small shield with the arms of the Duchy of Brabant. The arms are based on the only known seal of the village, dating from the 18th century.

In the new arms the composition of saint and fish is placed behind the shield, and the shield itself is made up of the arms or part of the arms of the rulers of the four other villages.

Literature : Servais, 1955; Anonymous : Van evers en heiligen - wapens en vlaggen van de gemeenten in de provincie Antwerpen. Antwerpen, 1998.


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