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'''HERENTALS'''
'''HERENTALS'''
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Additions : 1977 Morkhoven, [[Noorderwijk]]
Additions : 1977 Morkhoven, [[Noorderwijk]]


[[File:herental.jpg|center]]
[[File:herental.jpg|center|Wapen van Herentals]]


====Official blazon====  
===Official blazon===  
*(1819) Van rood, beladen met een gouden boom.
*(1819) Van rood, beladen met een gouden boom.
*(1841) Een rood veld met eenen zilveren boom met dry wortels en takken zonder getal, afhangende, ook van zilver.
*(1841) Een rood veld met eenen zilveren boom met dry wortels en takken zonder getal, afhangende, ook van zilver.
*(1989) In keel een uitgerukte boom van zilver.
*(1989) In keel een uitgerukte boom van zilver.


====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on October 6, 1819. The colour of the tree was changed on January 9, 1841 and the arms were confirmed on May 9, 1989.
The arms were granted on October 6, 1819. The colour of the tree was changed on January 9, 1841 and the arms were confirmed on May 9, 1989.


Herentals' coat of arms has always featured a tree. Historians are not in agreement about the origin of the tree, which took various shapes throughout the centuries. A picture of the arms with the historically correct colours (red and white) first appears about 1536. Why in 1819 the arms were granted with a golden tre eis not known. This was  corrected in 1841.
Herentals' coat of arms has always featured a tree. Historians are not in agreement about the origin of the tree, which took various shapes throughout the centuries. A picture of the arms with the historically correct colours (red and white) first appears about 1536. Why in 1819 the arms were granted with a golden tree is not known. This was  corrected in 1841.


{|align="center"
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:herenta2.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms from 1818  
|align="center"|[[File:herentalsz1.jpg|center|Zegel van Herentals]]  <br/>The seal from 1262
|align="center"|[[File:herenthals.hagbe.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930  
|}
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:herenta2.jpg|center|Wapen van Herentals]]  <br/>The arms from 1818  
|align="center"|[[File:herenthals.hagbe.jpg|center|Wapen van Herentals]]  <br/>The arms in the [[Koffie Hag Belgium|Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums]] +/- 1930  
|}
|}


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|align="center"|[[File:herentals.pol.jpg|center|Wapen van/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}|350 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms on a police badge ([http://blog.seniorennet.be/police_politie_insignes/ source])
|align="center"|[[File:herentals1.pol.jpg|center|Wapen van/Blason de {{PAGENAME}}|350 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms of [[Genk]] (?) on a Herentals police badge ([http://blog.seniorennet.be/police_politie_insignes/ source])
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[[Literature]] : Anonymous : Van evers en heiligen - wapens en vlaggen van de gemeenten in de provincie Antwerpen. Antwerpen, 1998. Information provided by the municipality of [http://www.herentals.be Herentals].
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Belgium|'''Literature''']]: Anonymous : Van evers en heiligen - wapens en vlaggen van de gemeenten in de provincie Antwerpen. Antwerpen, 1998. Information provided by the municipality of [http://www.herentals.be Herentals].


[[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms H]]
[[Category:Belgian Municipal Arms H]]
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