Bambrugge

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Bambrugge
Bambrugge (East Flanders Province)
Bambrugge
Bambrugge
State : BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Region : Flanders
Province : East Flanders
District : Aalst
Municipality : Erpe-Mere
Coordinates : 50 ° 55 '  N , 3 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 55 '  N , 3 ° 56'  E
Area :zf 2.89 km²
Post Code: 9420
Prefix: 053
Location map Ligging van Bambrugge in Oost-Vlaanderen.png
Site plan description Location of Bambrugge in the municipality of Erpe-Mere in the arrondissement of Aalst in the province of East Flanders
Community plan Aaigem Bambrugge Burst Erondegem Erpe Mere Ottergem Vlekkem.png
Community description Location of Bambrugge in Erpe-Mere
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Bambrugge is a sub-municipality of Erpe-Mere on the Molenbeek in the Denderstreek in the Flanders region . It is located in the southeast of the province of East Flanders and belongs to the Arrondissement of Aalst . The sub-municipality is bounded by the sub-municipalities Vlekkem , Ottergem , Mere , Aaigem and Burst and the municipal areas of Sint-Lievens-Houtem (sub-municipality Zonnegem). Bambrugge has 1575 inhabitants (January 1, 2003) and an area of ​​2.89 km². The population density is 545 inhabitants / km². There is a hamlet in Bambrugge called Egem .

history

Bambrugge belonged to the village of Burst until 1803 . According to a census in 1893, the village had 872 inhabitants. Bambrugge was mentioned several times in the Middle Ages . The name probably comes from the so-called banmolens (banmolen = mill compulsion). In these mills, serfs were obliged to grind their grain. Another possibility is that the name is derived from the word "baan" (railway = road) or from Banbrugge (bridge of Banno).

Attractions

  • The Egemmolen or Meuleken Tik Tak is an overshot water mill and is located in Everdal 21. It was a grain mill . The water wheel has been removed. Most of the mill was destroyed, but there are still remains from this mill and the miller's house (miller's house) is still intact. The mill is not a Rijksmonument (monument protection).
  • The mill (Mole) Van Sande or Kasteelmolen or Celindermolen is an overshot water mill and is located in Prinsdaal 33. It used to be a grain mill, then a mill compulsion . Later it was a grain mill. The water wheel has been removed and the mill is now an industrial grinder. It is not a listed building.
  • The Sint-Martinuskirche is in Bambrugge. Bambrugge is part of the Lede dean's office .
  • In 2012 there are still six chapels and one cave in good condition. There used to be at least eight chapels. Two chapels that were not owned by the church in the past have been demolished to make way for a house.
  • The old church bell has been preserved and is located in the Bambrugge presbytery.
  • The former morgue of Bambrugge was restored in 2012.

Bambruggedorp, Dries, Egemstraat, Katstraat, Kwalestraat and Landsheerstraat are the names of streets. The name of the street in which the Bambrugger Church is located is called Bambruggedorp. In Flanders it is common for the streets with churches to end in "dorp". In Erpe-Mere there are eight streets named after the eight sub-municipalities: Aaigemdorp, Bambruggedorp, Burstdorp, Erondegemdorp, Erpedorp, Meredorp, Ottergemdorp and Vlekkemdorp.

  • Miller's house from the Egemmolen in Bambrugge

  • Remnants of the Egemmolen in Bambrugge

  • Front view of Molens Van Sande in Bambrugge

  • Side view of Molens Van Sande in Bambrugge

  • Molens Van Sande water wheel in Bambrugge

  • The church of Bambrugge

  • The old church bell of Bambrugge

  • The chapel in Bambruggedorp

  • The Dries Chapel

  • The chapel at Egemstraat

  • The chapel at Katstraat

  • The chapel at Kwalestraat

  • The chapel at Landsheerstraat

  • The Bambrugge cave

  • The morgue

Domain Steenberg

Even the Romans knew early on that there was white natural stone (called Vlaamse arduin or Lediaanse Steen) in the Steenberg in Bambrugge. It was suitable as a foundation for the masonry of Roman villas , fountains, or as material for columns and capitals in Roman temples. From around the 11th or 12th century, white sandstone was mined in Bambrugge (Steenberg). The most common white natural stone in Brabant was the sandstone extracted there in the 16th to 17th centuries. The quarry was only given up after the Second World War . Today the administrative center of Erpe-Mere is located there.

  • The town hall of Erpe-Mere, zu Steenberg in Bambrugge

  • The sports hall of Erpe-Mere, zu Steenberg in Bambrugge

  • The library of Erpe-Mere, to Steenberg in Bambrugge

  • The Steenberg pond in Bambrugge

Saint Anna statue on a litter
Bambrugge train station

Events

  • Every year in the week around July 26th the fair takes place in Bambrugge. A procession is carried out on this, in which a statue of Saint Anne is carried around on a sedan chair in an orderly solemn procession.
  • In addition, the Steenbergcross (cyclo-cross race) and the Molenrock (rock festival) in the Steenberg domain usually take place in Bambrugge every year .

Sports

The football club KRC Bambrugge , which is currently (2012) active in the first provincial of the province of East Flanders, plays in Bambrugge .

tourism

The Molenbeek route runs through Bambrugge. The Molenbeek route is a junction system, best known for the mills in the municipality of Erpe-Mere and two streams, both of which are called Molenbeek (Mühlenbach).

  • Beginning of a closed town in Bambrugge

  • End of a closed town in Bambrugge

Footnotes

  1. ↑ http://inventaris.vioe.be/dibe/relict/8269