Welden

Welden is a village in the municipality of Oudenaarde in the province of East Flanders, Belgium, and is situated along the Scheldt. It is located about 20 kilometres south of Ghent.Welden is situated on the right bank of the Scheldt along the old Roman road from Ghent to Doornik. Artefacts from the Roman era have been discovered. The land near the river was regularly flooded, and poldered in the 11th and 12th century. The village was first mentioned in 1110 as Wenlines, and means "settlement of Wandilo ". The area used to be part of East Francia, but was conquered by the Count of Flanders in the mid 11th century. Welden used to contain several heerlijkheden . It was mainly a rural village with a few brickworks.

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