Westmalle-Zoersel

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WESTMALLE-ZOERSEL

Province : Antwerpen
Split into : 1839 Westmalle (1977 Malle), Zoersel

Official blazon

Van lazuur beladen met een klimmenden leeuw van goud.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 6, 1819.

The two villages formed an Estate until 1793. The estate was since 1738 a possession of the Powis family, and the red lion on a golden field was the arms of the Powis family.

Literature: Servais, 1955

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