Het Zwartland is a hamlet of the village
Zemst-Bos
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 t ...
, in
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, Haina ...
,
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 ...
. 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
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