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The arms from 1839 The arms from 1914	WESTMALLE Country : Belgium Province : Antwerpen Split from : 1839 Westmalle-Zoersel Incorporated into : 1977 Malle 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":51.2982999999999975671016727574169635772705078125,"lon":4.688900000000000289901436190120875835418701171875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	(1839) een blaeuw veld met eenen klimmenden leeuw van goud. (1914) Geveirendeeld: 1 en 4 in blauw een zilveren keper, vergezeld van drie stappende gouden hanen, roodgebekt, -gekamd, -gebaard en -gepoot, de beide hanen in het hoofd zijnde toegewend, wat het wapen is van Cottereau; 2 en 3, gedwarsbalkt van zilver en blauw met een rooden zoom, wat het wapen is van Dammartin.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The first arms were granted on April 30, 1839 and completely revised on May 2, 1914

The two villages of Wetmalle and Zoersel formed an Estate until 1793, and a municipality until 1839, when the old municipality was split in Westmalle and Zoersel. The first arms from 1839 are identical to the arms of Westmalle-Zoersel. The estate was since 1738 a possession of the Powis family, and the red lion on a golden field was the arms of the Powis family.

The new arms are the arms of the Cottereau family, Lords of Westmalle and Zoersel from 1531-1702.