Willebroek

	WILLEBROEK Country : Belgium Province : Antwerpen Additions: 1977 Blaasveld 1977 Heindonk 1977 Tisselt 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":51.0604000000000013415046851150691509246826171875,"lon":4.35639999999999982804865794605575501918792724609375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	(1981) In zilver een schuinbalk van sabel, beladen met drie afgerukte leeuwekoppen van goud, getongd van keel, geplaatst in de richting van de schuinbalk.
French	(1853) D'argent, à la bande de sable, chargée de trois têtes de lion arrachdées d'or & lampassées de gueules.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on June 30, 1853 and again at April 3, 1981.

The arms are those of the last Lords of Willebroek in the 18th century, the Helman family.

Historically the village used a seal from the 15th until the 17th century with the arms of Grimbergen, the first Lords of Willebroek until the 14th century.

Image gallery

The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930
The arms on a police badge (source)
The arms on a Roulertas Confiserie label
The arms on a municipal cover (1960s)
The arms on a municipal cover (1960s)
The arms in the town (image Derek Howard)
The arms in the town (image Derek Howard)
The arms of Willebroek and assumed arms of the former municipalities on a local token

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

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