Egem (East Flanders)

Egem
Egem
State :	Belgium
Region :	Flanders
Province :	East Flanders
District :	Aalst
Municipality :	Erpe-Mere
Sub-municipality:	Bambrugge
Coordinates :	50 ° 55 '  N , 3 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 55 '  N , 3 ° 56'  E
Post Code:	9420
Prefix:	053
Location map
Site plan description	Location of Egem in the Bambrugge sub-municipality in the Erpe-Mere municipality in the Aalst arrondissement in the province of East Flanders

Egem is a hamlet in the Bambrugge 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 hamlet is bounded by Bambrugge itself, Vlekkem , sub-municipality of Erpe-Mere, Ottergem , sub-municipality of Erpe-Mere and Zonnegem , sub-municipality of Sint-Lievens-Houtem . Egem also borders the Steenberg domain . Egem now consists of two streets, the Egemstraat and Everdal.

history

Egem, which is dependent on Bambrugge, extends on the border of the village of Vlekkem. Over the centuries Egem had the following names: The oldest documents mentioned Heddeghem (1571), later Edeghem (1629), Hettegem (1638), Eedegem (1763), Eghem (1779) and in 1842 Eegem is mentioned. Like all Flemish place names with "-gem", that of Egem also goes back etymologically to a Germanic composition with "-heem", German: "-haim", living space, and a derivation of "-inga". According to J. Mansion, the first part is reconstructed from the Germanic name Haid, Hait of Heit. Combined, the result is Haidingenheem (which corresponds to Haidingahaim or Haidingenheim in German), i.e. the residence of the tribal members or followers of the Franconian Haid, and then Heddeghem as a modification. The place name Egem belongs to the group of ingahem names that are older than regular hemenames. Egem was founded at the beginning of the Merovingian period in the sixth to seventh centuries and has an older origin than Bambrugge. Egem was probably a remote homestead that wasn't very big. It was later absorbed by the faster developing Bambrugge.

location

Location of Egem in Bambrugge and surrounding sub-communities	Location of Egem in Erpe-Mere

Attractions

• The Egemmolen or Meuleken Tik Tak (German: Egemmühle) 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 is still intact. The mill is not a Rijksmonument , so it is not a listed building.
• The chapel at Katstraat

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  Miller's house from the Egemmolen in Bambrugge

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  Remnants of the Egemmolen in Bambrugge

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  The chapel at Egemstraat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source: Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis van Bambrugge, Jules A. Colen, 1984.