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Bambrugge is a borough of Erpe -Mere at the Molenbeek in Denderstreek in the Flanders region. It lies in the southeast of the province of East Flanders and belongs to Arrondissement Aalst. The borough is bordered by the boroughs Vlekkem, Ottergem, Mere, Aaigem and burst and the municipalities of Sint -Lievens -Houtem ( borough Zonnegem ). Bambrugge has 1575 inhabitants ( 1 January 2003) and an area of 2.89 km ². The population density is 545 inh. / Km ². In Bambrugge there is a hamlet called Egem.

History

Bambrugge belonged until 1803 to the village burst. 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 constraint ). In these mills serfs were obliged to grind their grain. Another possibility is that the name of the word " baan " ( path = road ) or from Banbrugge ( Bridge of Banno ) is derived.

Attractions

• The Egemmolen or Meuleken Tik Tak is an overshot water mill and is in Everdal 21 It was a corn mill. The waterwheel was removed. The mill was largely destroyed, but there are still remnants of this mill and the miller's house ( house of the miller ) is still intact. The mill is not Rijksmonument ( listed building).
• The mill (moles ) Van Sande or Kasteelmolen or Celindermolen is an overshot water mill and is in Prinsdaal 33 Previously it was a corn mill, then a mill coercion. Later it was a corn mill. The waterwheel was removed and the mill is now an industrial grinding mill. It is not a listed building.
• In Bambrugge the Sint- Martinus church. Bambrugge belongs to the deanery of Lede.
• There are 2012 still six chapels and a cave in a good condition. Previously, there were 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 in the presbytery of Bambrugge.
• The former mortuary Bambrugge was restored in 2012.

Bambruggedorp, Dries, Egemstraat, Katstraat, Kwalestraat and Landsheerstraat are the names of streets. The name of the street where the church is Bambrugger is called Bambruggedorp. In Flanders, it is common for those road where churches are forming, to " dorp ". In Erpe -Mere, there are eight streets named after the eight boroughs: Aaigemdorp, Bambruggedorp, Burstdorp, Erondegemdorp, Erpedorp, Meredorp, Ottergemdorp and Vlekkemdorp.

Remnants of Egemmolen in Bambrugge

Front view of Molens Van Sande in Bambrugge

Side view of Molens Van Sande in Bambrugge

Waterwheel of Molens Van Sande in Bambrugge

The Church of Bambrugge

The old church bell of Bambrugge

The chapel in the Bambruggedorp

The chapel to Dries

The chapel Egemstraat

The chapel Katstraat

The chapel Kwalestraat

The chapel Landsheerstraat

The Cave of Bambrugge

The morgue

Domain Steenberg

Already the Romans knew early on that it ( arduin Vlaamse or Lediaanse Steen called ) white stone in Steenberg is to Bambrugge. It could be used as a foundation for the masonry of Roman villas, fountains or as material for columns and capitals of the temple of the Romans. From about the 11th or 12th century has already been reduced white sandstone in Bambrugge ( Steenberg ). The most common white stone in Brabant in the 16th to 17th centuries, the sandstone obtained there. Only after the Second World War was one of the quarry. Today, the administrative center of Erpe -Mere it is home.

The sports hall of Erpe -Mere to Steenberg in Bambrugge

The library of Erpe -Mere to Steenberg in Bambrugge

The pond of Steenberg in Bambrugge

Events

• Every year during the week of the 26th of July there is the fun fair festival in Bambrugge. In this procession is carried out in a Santa Anna statue is carried around in a solemn procession to a parent juices.
• In addition, found in Bambrugge also normally annually Steenberg Cross ( cross-country race ) and the Molenrock ( rock festival ) in the Steenberg domain instead.

Sports

In Bambrugge the football club KRC Bambrugge, the (2012 ) is currently active in the first Provincial of the Province of East Flanders plays.

Tourism

By Bambrugge the Molenbeekroute runs. The Molenbeekroute is a hub system, known primarily for the mill of the community Erpe -Mere and two streams, both of which bear the name Molenbeek ( mill creek ).

End of a closed town in Bambrugge

Footnotes

Boroughs: Aaigem | Bambrugge | burst | Erondegem | Erpe | Mere | Ottergem | Vlekkem Weiler: Egem

List of municipalities in Belgium | Arrondissement Aalst | East Flanders | Flanders

• Place in the province of East Flanders
• Erpe -Mere