Schendelbeke

	SCHENDELBEKE Country: Belgium Province: Oost-Vlaanderen Incorporated into: 1977 Geraardsbergen 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":50.7964300000000008594724931754171848297119140625,"lon":3.8973800000000000665068000671453773975372314453125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	Van zilver, beladen met twee bleekersgieters, rustende tegen eene brug en staande op een terras, alles in natuurlijke kleur.
English	blazon wanted

The arms were officially granted on August 4, 1818.

The meaning of these arms, which show two washing-spades, have no historical origin. Why these were granted in 1818 is not known anymore.

Literature: Servais, 1955

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