Het Zwartland
Het Zwartland is a hamlet of the village Zemst-Bos, in Flemish Brabant, Belgium. It is part of the municipality of Zemst.
Name
[edit]Its name literally means The Blackland. This is because the ground is darker and more fertile than in the rest of the region.
Gallery
[edit]- De Zwartlandhoeve (The Blackland Homestead) is the oldest and first building of the hamlet, built in 1772. Two direct descendants of the first inhabitants still live in the hamlet today.
- The Sooikesikhoeve (Homestead of Sooike with the goatee) is the second oldest remaining building of the hamlet, built in the second half the 19th century.