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'''Country''' : Belgium [[File:Belgium.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Province''' : <br>[[Vlaams-Brabant]][[File:Vlaamsbrabant.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
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* 1976 [[Scherpenheuvel-Zichem]] | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were granted on February 25, 1845. | The arms were granted on February 25, 1845. | ||
The arms show as supporters a deer with a cross between its antlers, and as sinister supporter St. | The arms show as supporters a deer with a cross between its antlers for St. Hubertus, and as sinister supporter St. Eustachius, the local patron saint. | ||
The arms with the chevron is identical to the oldest known Lords of Zichem, known from the early 13<sup>th</sup> century. All seals and images of the arms have shown the three chevrons, but in different colours. The present colours are known from a seal from 1793. The patron saint appeared as supporter behind the shield in the late 18<sup>th</sup> century. | The arms with the chevron is identical to the oldest known Lords of Zichem, known from the early 13<sup>th</sup> century. All seals and images of the arms have shown the three chevrons, but in different colours. The present colours are known from a seal from 1793. The patron saint appeared as supporter behind the shield in the late 18<sup>th</sup> century. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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| | File:zichemz1.jpg|alt=Wapen van Zichem/Arms (crest) of Zichem|Seal from 1355 | ||
| | File:Zichemgo.jpg|alt=Wapen van Zichem/Arms (crest) of Zichem|The arms in the Armorial Gorrevod (1460) | ||
File:Zichem1558.jpg|alt=Wapen van Zichem/Arms (crest) of Zichem|The arms in a manuscript from 1558 | |||
File:Zichemvr.jpg|alt=Wapen van Zichem/Arms (crest) of Zichem|The arms in a 16th century manuscript | |||
File:Zichem17.jpg|alt=Wapen van Zichem/Arms (crest) of Zichem|The arms in a 17th century [https://bm-lille.fr/patrimoine/digital-viewer/c-16435 manuscript] | |||
File:Zichem1650.jpg|alt=Wapen van Zichem/Arms (crest) of Zichem|The arms in 1650 | |||
File:sichem.hagbe.jpg|alt=Wapen van Zichem/Arms (crest) of Zichem|Het wapen in de [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag albums]] +/- 1930 | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Servais, 1955 | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms Z]] | [[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms Z]] | ||
[[Category:Vlaams-Brabant]] | [[Category:Vlaams-Brabant]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1845]] | [[Category:Granted 1845]] | ||
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Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on February 25, 1845.
The arms show as supporters a deer with a cross between its antlers for St. Hubertus, and as sinister supporter St. Eustachius, the local patron saint.
The arms with the chevron is identical to the oldest known Lords of Zichem, known from the early 13th century. All seals and images of the arms have shown the three chevrons, but in different colours. The present colours are known from a seal from 1793. The patron saint appeared as supporter behind the shield in the late 18th century.
Image gallery
Seal from 1355
The arms in the Armorial Gorrevod (1460)
The arms in a manuscript from 1558
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in a 17th century manuscript
The arms in 1650
Het wapen in de Koffie Hag albums +/- 1930
Literature: Servais, 1955
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