Eppegem

	EPPEGEM Country : Belgium Province : Vlaams-Brabant Incorporated into: 1977 Zemst 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":50.9616299999999995407051756046712398529052734375,"lon":4.4530300000000000437694325228221714496612548828125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	In rood een zilveren dwarsbalk.
English	Gules, a fess argent.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on July 27, 1907.

The arms are derived from the arms of the Counts and city of Vianden. The village of Eppegem was a possession of the Counts of Vianden from 1225-1351. The arms already appear on a 13^th century seal of the local council.

Image gallery

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

Literature: Servais, 1955

Belgium heraldry portal

This page is part of the Belgium heraldry portal	Heraldry of the World
Civic heraldry: National arms of Belgium Arms of provinces and communities Arms of cities and towns Heraldic literature of Belgium Total pages in the Belgium section : 6,344 of which images : 5,116	Other heraldry: Ecclesiastical heraldry Military heraldry Educational heraldry Institutional heraldry Corporate heraldry Collector's items Heraldic postcards Heraldic stamps Personal arms