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Zandvoorde, Zonnebeke

Zandvoorde, Zonnebeke
FieldValue
nameZandvoorde
settlement_typeDeelgemeente
image_mapZandvoordeZonnebekeLocation.svg
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameBelgium
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1West Flanders
subdivision_type2Municipality
subdivision_name2Zonnebeke
coordinates
area_total_km26.68
population_noteSource: NIS
population_as_of1999
population_total474
postal_code_typePostal code
postal_code8980
area_code_typeArea code

Zandvoorde () is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and a part (deelgemeente) of the municipality of Zonnebeke. Zandvoorde is a rural village, in the rolling landscape of the southern part of the province.

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History

Old listings of the place date back to 1102, as Sanfort. "Sant" refers to sand (in modern Dutch: zand), "fort" refers to Ford (in modern Dutch: voorde), a shallow crossing in a watercourse.

The village was completely destroyed during World War I. 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. 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 Commonwealth War Graves Commission 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

References

References

  1. "Zandvoorde, Belgium".
  2. CWGC. "Zandvoorde Churchyard {{!}} Cemetery Details {{!}} CWGC".
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