Zandvoorde ( vls, Zanvôorde) is a village in the Belgian province of

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and a part (

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) of the municipality of

Zonnebeke Zonnebeke (; vls, Zunnebeke) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of , , Passendale, Zandvoorde and Zonnebeke proper. On January 1, 2006, Zonnebeke had a total population o ...

. Zandvoorde is a rural village, in the rolling landscape of the southern part of the province.

History

Old listings of the place date back to 1102, as ''Sanfort''. "Sant" refers to

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(in modern Dutch: ''zand''), "fort" refers to Ford (in modern Dutch: ''voorde''), a shallow crossing in a watercourse. The village was completely destroyed during

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. Among those killed there was the German poet Ernst Stadler, drafted to the German army.

Landmarks

* The Parish and its church are named after

Saint Bartholomew Bartholomew (Aramaic: ; grc, Βαρθολομαῖος, translit=Bartholomaîos; la, Bartholomaeus; arm, Բարթողիմէոս; cop, ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ; he, בר-תולמי, translit=bar-Tôlmay; ar, بَرثُولَماو� ...

. The current church dates from 1923–1925, after the old church had been destroyed during the First World War. * The Zantvoorde British Cemetery is a

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World War I military cemetery. In the village centre, there is a British war memorial, ''The Household Cavalry Monument''.

Trivia

* In the north of the province of West Flanders, there's another village with the name Zandvoorde, a part of the city of

Ostend Ostend ( nl, Oostende, ; french: link=no, Ostende ; german: link=no, Ostende ; vls, Ostende) is a coastal city and municipality, located in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It comprises the boroughs of Mariake ...

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