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.

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  The arms in 1619

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

Literature: Servais, 1955

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