Zillebeke

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Location in the municipality of Ypres

Zillebeke is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and a district of Ypres with around 2200 inhabitants and an area of ​​1734 hectares. Until 1977 it was an independent municipality, to which Hollebeke and Voormezele belonged since 1971 (today also incorporated into Ypres).

Zillebeke is located one kilometer southeast of the outskirts of Ypres on the road to Zandvoorde . To the west of the village center lies the Zillebekevijver , a 28 hectare artificial lake that was created in the 13th century and is used to supply the city of Ypres with drinking water.

On the area of ​​the district there are 17 military cemeteries with a total of over 21,000 mostly British dead from the First World War, as well as a large mine crater with a diameter of 79 meters ( Caterpillar ) from the same period. To the south of the city is "Hill 60", which was fought over during the fighting in the Ypres arch .

Zillebeke maintains a partnership with Seelbach in Baden-Württemberg , the name of which goes back to the same root ( sala + baki = place to live by the stream).

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Coordinates: 50 ° 50 '  N , 2 ° 55'  E