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Zemst-Bos Februari 2012
Zemst-Bos is a village in Flemish Brabant, Belgium. It is part of the municipality of Zemst and has about 1,000 inhabitants. Het Zwartland is a hamlet of the village. History Until the late Middle Ages, the village was a large forest area. In the 13th and 14th centuries, the first large farms were built, especially created for cutting down forests in order to gain agricultural lands. In the late 18th century (1770s), the village had about 70 houses. Since the 1980s, many new houses have been built and the population has reached about 900. Gallery File:Kapel Heilige Familie Zemst-Bos.JPG, The Chapel of the Holy Family with a slab mentioning the ''Hoeve Laer'' Farm. Built in 1869. File:Kapel Bosstraat Zemst-Bos.JPG, A chapel with benches next to it in the ''Bosstraat'' (Foreststreet). File:Standbeeld Augustinus de Breucker (Guske) Zemst-Bos.JPG, The Statue of "Guske" File:Het Schaliënhof Zemst-Bos.JPG, The ancient ''Schaliënhof'', built in 1739. File:Sooikesikhoeve, Het Zwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zemst-Bos Februari 2012
Zemst-Bos is a village in Flemish Brabant, Belgium. It is part of the municipality of Zemst and has about 1,000 inhabitants. Het Zwartland is a hamlet of the village. History Until the late Middle Ages, the village was a large forest area. In the 13th and 14th centuries, the first large farms were built, especially created for cutting down forests in order to gain agricultural lands. In the late 18th century (1770s), the village had about 70 houses. Since the 1980s, many new houses have been built and the population has reached about 900. Gallery File:Kapel Heilige Familie Zemst-Bos.JPG, The Chapel of the Holy Family with a slab mentioning the ''Hoeve Laer'' Farm. Built in 1869. File:Kapel Bosstraat Zemst-Bos.JPG, A chapel with benches next to it in the ''Bosstraat'' (Foreststreet). File:Standbeeld Augustinus de Breucker (Guske) Zemst-Bos.JPG, The Statue of "Guske" File:Het Schaliënhof Zemst-Bos.JPG, The ancient ''Schaliënhof'', built in 1739. File:Sooikesikhoeve, Het Zwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant ( nl, Vlaams-Brabant ; french: Brabant flamand ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also surrounds the Brussels-Capital Region. Its capital is Leuven. It has an area of which is divided into two administrative districts (''arrondissementen'' in Dutch) containing 65 municipalities. As of January 2019, Flemish Brabant has a population of 1,146,175. Flemish Brabant was created in 1995 by the splitting of the former province of Brabant into three parts: two new provinces, Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant; and the Brussels-Capital Region, which no longer belongs to any province. The split was made to accommodate the eventual division of Belgium in three regions (Flanders, Wallonia and the Brussels-Capital Region). The province is made up of two arrondissements. The Halle-Vilvoorde Arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of . Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zemst
Zemst () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the villages of Elewijt, Eppegem, Hofstade, Weerde, Zemst-Laar, Zemst-Bos and Zemst proper. On January 1, 2006, Zemst had a total population of 21,327. The total area is 42.83 km2 which gives a population density of 498 inhabitants per km2. References External links * Official website– Available only in Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ... Municipalities of Flemish Brabant Nervii {{FlemishBrabant-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Het Zwartland
Het Zwartland is a hamlet of the village Zemst-Bos, in Flemish Brabant, Belgium. It is part of the municipality of Zemst Zemst () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the villages of Elewijt, Eppegem, Hofstade, Weerde, Zemst-Laar, Zemst-Bos and Zemst proper. On January 1, 2006, Zemst had a total populatio .... Name Its name literally means ''The Blackland''. This is because the ground is darker and more fertile than in the rest of the region. Gallery D'Oude Schuur, Het Zwartland.JPG, ''De Zwartlandhoeve'' (The Blackland Homestead) is the oldest and first building of the hamlet, built in 1772. Two direct descendants of the first inhabitants still live in the hamlet today. Sooikesikhoeve, Het Zwartland, Zemst-Bos.JPG, The ''Sooikesikhoeve'' (Homestead of Sooike with the goatee) is the second oldest remaining building of the hamlet, built in the second half the 19th century. Populated places in Flemish Brabant [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
