Essen (Antwerpen)

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Official blazon
Dutch	(1819) Van lazuur, beladen met een keper van goud, en verzeld van boven van twee ossenkoppen en van onderen met een op het terras liggend lam, alles van zilver. Achter het schild twee bisschopsstaven van goud en op hetzelve een mijter, mede van goud, gevoerd van keel. (1841) Een blaeuw veld met eenen gulden keper nederwaerts hangende, vergezeld in het opperste deel van twee zilveren ossenkoppen en in het onderste deel van eenen weer liggende op eenen witten heuvel. Den schild gedekt met eene bisschopsmuts vergezeld van twee bisschopsstaven kruyselings over elkander geplaetst, alles van goud.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1819 and again on December 9, 1841.

The chevron in the arms is taken from the arms of Godfried Hermans, 24th Abbot of the Tongerlo Abbey, who died in 1794. The village of Essen was a possession of the Abbey from 1159-1794. The crosier and mitre also refer to the Abbey.

The oxen-heads and sheep are symbols of agriculture and also symbolise strength and patience.

Image gallery

Municipal letterhead 1924
Municipal stamp 1924
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The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms on a municipal cover (1960s)
The arms on a police badge (source)

Literature: Anonymous : Van evers en heiligen - wapens en vlaggen van de gemeenten in de provincie Antwerpen. Antwerpen, 1998.

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