Bazel is a village in

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 th ...

, in the municipality of

Kruibeke Kruibeke () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Bazel, Kruibeke proper and Rupelmonde. On 1 January 2018, Kruibeke had a total population of 16,657. The total area is 33.42&nb ...

in the province of

East Flanders , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = Province of Belgium , image_flag = Flag of Oost-Vlaanderen.svg , flag_size = , image_shield = Wapen van O ...

. The village is home to the

Wissekerke Castle The Wissekerke Castle is situated in the village of Bazel of Kruibeke municipality in the East Flanders province of Belgium. Although a castle stood at this site since 10th century, the present castle was largely built in the 15th century with la ...

. The municipality of Bazel merged into Kruibeke in 1977.

Overview

The parish church was founded in the early 10th century. The village was located on the medieval road from

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. From 1640, the village started develop. The

is located in the village. The castle originates from the 10th century, however it burnt down, and was rebuilt in the 15th century. For two centuries, it was owned by the

Vilain XIIII Vilain and Vilain XIIII (pronounced ''Vilain-Quatorze'' , sometimes written with the more standard Roman numerals Vilain XIV) is a Belgian noble family. Their coat of arms is basically "Sable, a chief argent" (french: sable, au chef d'argent), a ...

family, who remodelled the castle in neo-Gothic style. The suspension bridge was constructed in 1824 and is one of the oldest suspension bridges in Belgium. In 1977, Bazel ceased to be an independent municipality and was merged into Kruibeke. In 2004, Bazel was the host for the second episode of Fata Morgana, the TV-show in which Belgian celebrities gave a city or town several challenges.

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* Populated places in East Flanders Kruibeke {{EastFlanders-geo-stub