Langs 23 verbrande dorpen

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Last verified: 10 April 2025

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SP - 51 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 24 - 23 - 21 - 69 - 70 - 72 - 71 - 11 - 58 - 57 - 88 - 30 - 39 - 41 - 40 - 14 - 51

Je kan het je nauwelijks voorstellen als je langs deze liefelijke dorpjes in het Pajottenland en de Brabantse Kouters fietst. Maar op 18 en 19 januari 1684 moet in deze streek een ware terreurangst geheerst hebben. De Franse troepen hadden als terreurtechniek gekozen om huizen af te branden om zo hun vraag voor het betalen van belastingen kracht bij te zetten. Eugeen Van Poucke lijst in zijn prachtig boekwerkje "Gebeurtenissen in onze streek gedurende de oorlogen van Lodewijk XIV in de 17de eeuw" de reeks vernielingen op die de Fransen hier in de streek aanrichtten. Om te ervaren wat de terreur van Lodewijk XIV en zijn legers moet geweest zijn, maakten we deze fietstocht langs 23 verbrande dorpen.

  • Bekkerzeel: 13 huizen
  • Groot-Bijgaarden: 37 huizen
  • Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle: 9 huizen
  • Sint-Katharina-Lombeek: 15 huizen
  • Wambeek: 18 huizen
  • Sint-Martens-Bodegem: 24 huizen
  • Dilbeek: 5 huizen
  • Itterbeek: 15 huizen
  • Oudenaken: 23 huizen
  • Sint-Laureins-Berchem: 9 huizen
  • Vlezenbeek: 18 huizen
  • Sint-Pieters-Leeuw: 32 huizen
  • Elingen: 3 huizen
  • Gaasbeek: 16 huizen
  • Leerbeek: 12 huizen
  • Lieeferingen: 12 huizen
  • Borchtlombeek: 15 huizen
  • Sint-Martens-Lennik: 61 huizen 
  • Gooik: 14 huizen

In 1689 (16 december) kwamen daar nog eens de volgende dorpen bij:

  • Sint-Katharina-Lombeek
  • Wambeek
  • Strijtem
  • Pamel
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