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'''MALDEREN'''

Province : [[Vlaams-Brabant]]<br/>
Incorporated into : 1977 [[Londerzeel]]

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===Official blazon=== 
Gevierendeeld : 1 en 4 van zilver met drie fazen van keel; 2 en 3 van zilver met drie disselbijlen van keel, de twe ein het schildhoofd ruggelings afgewend, het schild getopt met een kroon met vijf fleurons van elkaar gescheiden door een parel.

===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on October 15, 1951.

The arms show the arms of the Barons of Croy-Renty, that can also be found in many other Belgian arms. The Estate of Malderen became a possession of the Baron of Fay in 1662, whose daughter married François-Albert de Croy. Their daughter married Henri von Wild und Rheingrave, Count of Salm-Kyrbourg. The Estate remained in the Salm family until 1792. 

The only known seal of Malderen dates from 1748 and shows two shields. The first shows the arms of the Croy-Renty family, the second the arms of Wild und Rheingrave. The municipality, however, adopted only the first arms as the municipal arms in 1951.

[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Servais, 1955

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