Maarkedal

	MAARKEDAL Country : Belgium Province : Oost-Vlaanderen Additions : 1977 Etikhove 1977 Maarke-Kerkem 1820 Kerkem 1820 Maarke 1977 Nukerke 1977 Schorisse 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":50.797100000000000363797880709171295166015625,"lon":3.64449999999999985078602549037896096706390380859375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	Gevierendeeld 1. en 4. in goud een kruis van sabel 2. en 3. in goud zes smalle dwarsbalken van keel; hartschild: in goud een dubbele gebloemde binnenzoom van sinopel met een keper van keel over alles heen.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on March 10, 1987

The arms are those of Jozef Thadeu de Bylandt, the last Lord of the Land tussen Maarke en Ronne estate in the 18th century. The estate covered the area of the former municipalities of Etikhove, Maarke-Kerkem and Nukerke. The inescutcheon is the arms of the former municipality Schorisse, which did not belong to the estate.