Grembergen

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Official blazon

Dutch	Van zilver, beladen met een vlashalm van synople.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on April 29, 1818.

The arms show a branch of a flax plant. The cultivation of flax for the linen industry was of great importance in Vlaanderen for many centuries.

Literature: Servais, 1955

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