Zonnebeke
Zonnebeke | ||
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 Zonnebeke town hall | ||
 Flag  Coat of arms | ||
Location of Zonnebeke  | ||
  Zonnebeke Location in Belgium
Location of Zonnebeke in West Flanders Region Flemish Region | | |
| Province | West Flanders | |
| Arrondissement | Ypres | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Dirk Sioen (INSPRAAK) | |
| • Governing party/ies | INSPRAAK, CD&V | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 68.09 km2 (26.29 sq mi) | |
| Population (2018-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 12,445 | |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) | |
| Postal codes | 8980 | |
| NIS code | 33037 | |
| Area codes | 051/057 | |
| Website | www.zonnebeke.be | |
Zonnebeke (Dutch pronunciation:
History
The villages of Zonnebeke congregated around a large
Situated in the centre of the Ypres Salient, World War I destroyed the whole area. Left abandoned until the early 1920s, people slowly returned and rebuilt the villages. In 1932, the locals opened a cheese making facility, which to this day is the only source of Passendale cheese.[2]
Another battle during
Today, Zonnebeke has returned to its long-time balance between agriculture, small business and work in the neighbouring towns. Its major industry is the brickworks in the village of Zonnebeke itself, which extracts the local blue clay.
Zonnebeke underground
The village and district of Zonnebeke and its five villages have the largest concentration of underground constructions from World War I, being located at the centre of the
About 180 dugout sites have been located in the Ypres Salient and in the 1990s some of them were entered, at least in part.[4]
In 1983, the Australian-built Bremen Redoubt was discovered at the rear of the Zonnebeke brickworks. Opened to the public until 1998, it is believed that its eventual collapse was due to drying support timbers.[5]
During archaeological excavations of the Augustinian abbey, another dugout was discovered under Zonnebeke church. Today the outline of this dugout is marked in an archaeological garden within the church grounds, and a model of the church dugout can be seen at the "Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917" in Zonnebeke.[6]
On February 21, 1998, a farmer's wife disappeared into the ground while washing the windows.
It was made public in spring 2006 that the brickworks had received a licence for the extension of its blue-clay extraction zone. The
Towns
The municipality comprises the villages of Zonnebeke proper,
| # | Name | Area (km2) |
Population (01/01/2014) |
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| I | Zonnebeke | 16,55 | 4.472 |
| II | Beselare ] |
14,33 | 2.684 |
| III | Gheluvelt ] |
7,79 | 1.553 |
| IV | Passendale | 22,22 | 3.152 |
| V | Zandvoorde |
6,68 | 521 |
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The municipality of Zonnebeke borders the following towns and municipalities:
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See also
Gallery
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Memorial Museum Passchendaele, 1917 interior -
Memorial in the Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke -
Zonnebeke (1918), painting by William Orpen, showing devastation after World War I
References
- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ Deoudekaasmakerij.be
- ^ a b "Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917". GreatWar.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
- ^ Activities of The Diggers - Restoration of the Yorkshire Trench & Dug-out, access date 10 July 2015
- ^ "Bremen Redoubt". flanderland.de. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
- ^ Zonnebeke Church Dugout wordt niet toegankelijk voor publiek, 04/11/2010, access date 9 July 2015
- ^ a b "Vampire Dugout" (PDF). polygonwood.com. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
- ^ "Gemeente Zonnebeke" (PDF).
External links
- Official website - Information available in Dutch and limited information available in English, French and German
Places adjacent to Zonnebeke | |
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| Bruges |  | |
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| Diksmuide | ||
| Kortrijk | ||
| Ostend | ||
| Roeselare | ||
| Tielt | ||
| Veurne | ||
| Ypres | ||
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