Dilbeek

	DILBEEK Country : Belgium Province : Vlaams-Brabant Additions: 1977 Groot-Bijgaarden 1977 Itterbeek 1977 Schepdaal 1977 Sint-Martens-Bodegem 1977 Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle 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":50.84729999999999705551090301014482975006103515625,"lon":4.265399999999999636202119290828704833984375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	(1921) In goud, een blauwe dwarsbalk in het hoofd vergezeld van een roodgenagelden en - getongden zwarten adelaar, het schild overdekt met eene kroon met elf paarlen, waarvan drie verheven: schildhouders: twee gouden griffioenen. (1990) Gedeeld 1. in goud een dwarsbalk van lazuur, vergezeld in het schildhoofd van een adelaar van sabel, gepoot en getongd van keel 2. doorsneden a. in goud een schildhoofd geschaakt van tien stukken van zilver en van keel b. in lazuur, bezaaid met blokjes van goud, een keper van hetzelfde.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The first arms were officially granted on June 24, 1921 and the current arms on April 17, 1990.

The arms were granted after the merger with the other municipalities, and combine the old arms with symbols for the other villages. The old arms also represent Itterbeek and Sint-Martens-Bodegem, as they all belonged to the Schokaert family since 1687, see below.
The second quarter show sthe arms of the medieval Lords of Bijgaarden and represents Groot-Bijgaarden. The fourth quarter shows the arms of the Fourneau de Cruyckenbourg family, who acquired Schepdaal and Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle in the early 17th century.

The previous arms are derived from the Schokaert family, who acquired the estate of Dilbeek in 1687.

The only known seal of the local council dates from 1773 and showed the Schokaert arms, and in 1921 the council applied for the use of these arms as arms for the municipality.

Postal cancellation
The arms from 1921.
The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms on a police badge (source)

Literature: Servais, 1955

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