Schelle

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SCHELLE

Province : Antwerpen

Official blazon

(1819) Van lazuur, beladen met drie goude palen waarop een schild van goud beladen met 3 torren van lazuur. Het schild van achteren vastgehouden door een bisschop van goud.
(1841) Een blauw veld met dry gulden staeken, met het schildeken ook van goud over het geheel wapen gaende, en waerop dry blauwe torens, den schild gedekt met het gulden borstbeeld van eenen paus.
(1988) In lazuur drie palen van goud; hartschild: in lazuur drie heiblokken van goud. Het schild getopt met een borstbeeld van een paus met tiara van goud.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 6, 1819 and confirmed on December 30, 1841 and on December 13, 1988.

The arms are those of Pieter Suys, Lord of Schelle in 1642. Schelle previously used the arms of the Berthout family (see Mechelen) as the area was a possession of the Berthouts in the 13th and 14th century. In 1642 he added an inescutcheon with his own arms, three piles.

The colours are the Dutch national colours, as in 1813 the mayor applied without indicating the colours. The arms were thus granted in the national colours. When the arms were confirmed after the Belgian independence, the colours were not changed.

Similarly, the piles were blazoned as beetles (torren), which in 1841 was changed to towers (torens), only in 1988 the historical composition was restored, the colours remained the colours from 1819.