Vloerzegem

	VLOERZEGEM Country: Belgium Province: Oost-Vlaanderen Incorporated into: 1825 Smeerebbe-Vloerzegem 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":50.81269999999999953388396534137427806854248046875,"lon":3.91730000000000000426325641456060111522674560546875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	Van lazuur, beladen met een klimmenden beer, gekeerd ter linker zijde en houdende in deszelfs voorste pooten een banier, alles van goud.
English	blazon wanted

The arms were granted on August 4 1818.

I have no information on the origin or meaning of these arms, which show a bear climbing against a banner.

Literature: Servais, 1955

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