Vinderhoute
Sign in to saveVinderhoute is a village in the municipality of Lievegem in the province of East Flanders in Belgium. It is located in the Flemish Valley about north-west of Ghent.
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Vinderhoute is a village in the municipality of Lievegem in the province of East Flanders in Belgium. It is located in the Flemish Valley about north-west of Ghent.
== History == Vinderhoute is located in the on the left bank of the and is surrounded by waterways. A settlement has been discovered from the early La Tène culture near Vinderhoute. The village was first mentioned in 966 as containing a church and farm belonging to the Saint Bavo's Abbey. The heerlijkheid Vinderhoute was one of the oldest fiefs of the County of Flanders.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vinderhoute” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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