Ziele Bridge

Nieuwe Steenweg z.nr. Zielebrug; leads the Nieuwe Steenweg over the Blankenbergse Vaart. The name of the bridge comes from a legend about a coffin that fell from a boat at the site of the bridge and was never found. The first mention of the "Zielebrughe or Eevoordebrugghe" was in 1541; on the Ferraris map (1770-1778) it is noted as "Siel Brugge". The current brick bridge is from the 20th century; the original wooden bridge was already replaced by a stone one in 1618, after being destroyed during religious turmoil in the late 16th century. BOTERBERGHE R., Zuienkerke. History of a polder village, Zuienkerke, 1992, p. 61.

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