Kortenberg

	KORTENBERG Country : Belgium Province : Vlaams-Brabant Additions: 1977 Erps-Kwerps 1977 Everberg 1977 Meerbeek 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":50.88539999999999707824827055446803569793701171875,"lon":4.53939999999999965751840136363171041011810302734375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	(1914) In goud, eene geplante groene eikeboom met rooden stam, tegen dewelken rechts een eekhorentje van 't zelfde klimt. (1981) Gevierendeeld 1. in goud een eik van natuurlijke kleur op een grasgrond waartegen rechts een vos van natuurlijke kleur 2. in zilver drie lelies met afgesneden voet van keel 3. in zilver drie staande lelies van keel 4. in goud drie molenijzers van lazuur. Het schild geplaatst voor een hertog Jan II van Brabant, houdend in de rechterhand het bezegeld charter van Kortenberg, het geheel van goud.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on March 16, 1914 and completely revised on February 2, 1981.

The arms from 1914

The old arms show a squirrel holding an oak tree. The arms are identical to the arms of the former Kortenberg Abbey, founded in 1104 and around which the village developed. The meaning of the arms, however, is not known.

The new arms were granted in 1981 and show a quartered shield, where each quarter represents one of the former municipalities.

The first quarter shows the old Kortenberg arms, but the squirrel was replaced by a fox. The fox appeared on the 1612 seal of the abbey and was probably misinterpreted as a squirrel in 1914. The red trunk of the oak tree was also replaced by natural colour.

The second quarter shows the arms of Everberg. The fourth shows the arms of Erps-Kwerps.

The third quarter represents Meerbeek, which had no own arms before. The only known seal of Meerbeek, from 1361, also shows three fleur-de-lys, probably of the same origin as those from Everberg, from the Lords of Rotselaar.

Image gallery

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

Literature: Servais, 1955

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