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'''BURCHT'''
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|[[File:burcht.jpg|center|300 px|alt=Wapen van {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br>
'''Country''': Belgium [[File:Belgium.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
'''Province''': <br>[[Antwerpen (provincie)|Antwerpen]][[File:antwerp3.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
'''Incorporated into:'''
* 1976 [[Zwijndrecht (Oost-Vlaanderen)|Zwijndrecht]]
** 2025 [[Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht]]


Province : [[Antwerpen (provincie)|Antwerpen]]<br/>
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Incorporated into : 1976 [[Zwijndrecht (Antwerpen)|Zwijndrecht]]
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[[File:burcht.jpg|center|Wapen van {{PAGENAME}}]]
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|+Official blazon
===Official blazon===
|-
|'''Dutch'''
| * (1818) Van keel, beladen met het beeld van St Martin van goud.
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|'''French'''
| * (1847) D'azur à un St Martin, évêque, d'or.
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|'''English'''
| blazon wanted
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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on February 16, 1847.
The arms were granted on April 29, 1818 and again on February 16, 1847.
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File:burght1.jpg|alt=Wapen van Burcht/Arms (crest) of Burcht|The arms from 1818
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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 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.
The original arms showed a shield of red, which was changed in 1847.


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===Image gallery===
|align="center"|[[File:burght1.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms from 1818
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|align="center"|[[File:burght.hagbe.jpg|center|Wapen van/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930  
File:burght.hagbe.jpg|alt=Wapen van Burcht/Arms (crest) of Burcht|The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930  
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File:Burchts.jpg|alt=Wapen van Burcht/Arms (crest) of Burcht|Municipal stamp (1970s)
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[Literature]]: Servais, 1955


[Literature]] : Servais, 1955
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[[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms B]]
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