Zulte

	ZULTE Country : Belgium Province : Oost-Vlaanderen Additions: 1976 Machelen 1976 Olsene 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":50.92060000000000030695446184836328029632568359375,"lon":3.448300000000000142819089887780137360095977783203125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	(1819) Gevierendeeld, het 1e van groen beladen met drie gouden herten koppen. Het 2e en 3e van goud beladen met een klimmende halve zwarte leeuw getongd en genageld van rood, het 4e van groen beladen met een halve klimmende zilveren bok. (1985) In sinopel drie aanziende hertenkoppen van goud; hartschild: in lazuur drie omgekeerde moerbeibladeren van goud. Het schild getopt met een zwaan van zilver.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on October 13, 1819 and new arms were granted on May 7, 1985.

The new arms combine elements from the previous arms of Zulte (see below) and Machelen, as well as for Olsene. The deer heads are taken from the old arms of Zulte, the three mulberry leaves are taken from Machelen. For Olsene a swan was added, taken from the arms of the Lanchals family, former Lords of Olsene.

The previous arms are identical to the arms of the Limnander family, Lords of Zulte from 1715-1793. When the local council applied for the arms in the early 19^th century they decided to continue the arms of the last Lords of Zulte.

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The arms from 1819
The arms on a police badge (source)

Literature: Servais, 1955

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