Hemiksem

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Official blazon
Dutch	(1839) Een zilver veld met twee blauwe staeken en eenen rooden trapvormigen band, waer boven dry zwarte meerletjes geplaetst op het zilver veld, het schild gedekt met eenen helm met eene gulden kroon, witte en blauwe helmdekken waerop eenen haen naer het leven. (modern) In zilver twee palen van lazuur, met een hoekige dwarsbalk van keel over alles heen, vergezeld in het schildhoofd van drie mereltjes van sabel, op het zilver geplaatst. Het schild getopt met een helm van zilver, getralied, gehalsband, omboord en gekroond van goud, gevoerd en gehecht van keel, met dekkleden van zilver en van lazuur. Helmteken: een haan van natuurlijke kleur. Wapenspreuk: OMNIS VITA LABOR in letters van sabel op een lint van zilver.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on June 18, 1839.

The arms are identical to the arms of the Schilder family. It has been stated that the Schilder family owned the Estate of Hemiksem from 1739-49, but this has not been proven. Nevertheless were the arms adopted by the municipality in 1839.

In the 1990s the Flemish Heraldic Council proposed to change the arms, as the historical significance was very weak. The council proposed new arms using the red bar, but now placed over a crosier, as a symbol for the St. Bernards Abbey in Hemiksem. The council however wanted to continue the old arms, but adopted a new blazon.

Image gallery

The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms on a Roulertas Confiserie label
The arms on a police badge (source)
The arms on a local coin from 1981

Literature: Anonymous : Van evers en heiligen - wapens en vlaggen van de gemeenten in de provincie Antwerpen. Antwerpen, 1998.

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