Burcht

The arms from 1818 The arms from 1847	BURCHT Country : Belgium Province : Antwerpen Incorporated into : 1976 Zwijndrecht 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":51.2025000000000005684341886080801486968994140625,"lon":4.34260000000000001563194018672220408916473388671875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	* (1818) Van keel, beladen met het beeld van St Martin van goud.
French	* (1847) D'azur à un St Martin, évêque, d'or.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on February 16, 1847.

The arms show the local patron saint, St. Martin, in an unusual composition, as the saint is normally shown as a knight cutting his cloak for a beggar.

The original arms, granted by the Dutch government on April 29, 1818, showed a shield of red, which was changed in 1847.