land of Red

The municipalities of Merelbeke, Gavere, Melle, Sint-Lievens-Houtem, and Oosterzele partly belong to the land of Rode.

With the name 'Rodeland', the memory is preserved of the now dormant but once so important and characteristic brick industry in this area. municipalities. To give the bricks the necessary hardness, they were baked.
When heated, the clay began to melt and clump together or to sinter. The brick then acquired a red color.

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