History and traditions

Arnèke

This big burg stretches all along the roads which cross there and as far as the railway track goes through it. There are some old houses. Some of them date from the 16th century. You could see a sple...
Bavinchove

It is in Bavinchove that you could find the station of Cassel. This is a great place to begin walks and rides towards Cassel, through the Peene valley or towards the Clairmarais forest. Bavinchove is...
Buysscheure

Buysscheure is a far-reaching village where a very concentrated network of country lanes makes it possible to take pleasant and quiet walks and rides, particularly in the southern part of the villa...
Caestre

Caestre is a former Roman camp located on the border and along the old Roman road from Cassel to Estaires. The development of the village began in the year 851. The growth coincides with a local lege...
Cassel

It would be hardly difficult to say when Cassel was founded. The foundation of the town goes back to so long that the facts capable of dating the origins were lost over the centuries. One fact is cert...
Ebblinghem

The first mention of this village was in 826 in a charter of the Saint Bertin abbey. It was called Humbaldingahem. This village is one of the oldest of the region. This seigneury was the property ...
Hardifort

Next to the secondary road, the name Hardifort reminds the name of a ford of one of the streams which water the village. “fort” is the French version of the Dutch word “voorde” which means ford in Fl...
Hondeghem

Despite some archaeological discoveries which prove that the place has been inhabited for the Iron Age, the first mention of the village of Hondeghem was in 1156. At that time, the name of the village...
Lynde

It was in 1099 with William of Lynde, comrade-in-arms with Godefroy de Bouillon during the first crusade, that the existence of the village was proved for the first time. As it is the case of almost ...
Noordpeene - village patrimoine

This is the village which is located in the north (compared with Zuytpeene) of the Peene valley. The lordship of the Peene was changed into a marquisate by Count of Flanders, Felipe II, King of Spain...
Ochtezeele

This small village is located on the banks of Peene Becque, between the hills of Tom and Balenberg. The railway track goes also through this depression. The first mention of this village was in 1107....
Oxelaëre - village patrimoine

Located in greenery on the southern side of Mount Cassel, the village was born along the Roman roads which go down from the antique Gallo-Roman city. There are always been trees and grass here and ev...
Renescure - village patrimoine

It was in 1096 that a certain Lambert de Reinquenescura talked about this village for the first time. From this date, the lordship of Renescure belonged to the family Renescure who kept it until 1364...
Rubrouck - village patrimoine

The splendid tower of the church, which is around 40 meters high, points the village of Rubrouck and dominates its nice country houses. Most of them are old and very traditional with their Flemish ar...
Sainte Marie Cappel

In the southern side of Mount Cassel and Mount des Récollets, the village of Sainte Marie Cappel is called like that because the saint patron of its church is the Virgin. The shrine was rebuilt in 18...
Sercus - village patrimoine

The village, located near the old Roman road which goes from Cassel to Thiennes, was mentioned for the first time in 1190 in a bill of sale. Only some papers about donation and bills of sale prove th...
Staple

Mentioned for the first time in 1026, the village of Staple was, from that time, one of the lordships of Cassel, property of the counters of Flanders. In the 12th century, the village was mentione...
Wemaers Cappel

The road which links to Cassel to Wemaers Cappel is one of the steepest and the most winding ones. It is one of the seven Roman roads which radiate out around the city of the Menapii. This one went to...
Zermezeele

The houses stretch all along the old Roman road which went from Cassel to Thiennes. The origin of the village dates from the Franks according to its Germanic name which was written Harmingesele, whic...
Zuytpeene

Located in the Peene valley, this village knew the destruction of its former church of Romanesque inspiration. There is only a statue of Saint Roch left. It is stored in the current building of neo-Go...