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Bekkerzeel is a submunicipality of
Bekkerzeel is a submunicipality of Asse
Asse () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. It comprises the towns of Asse proper, Bekkerzeel, Kobbegem, Mollem, Relegem and Zellik. Asse is also situated in the Pajottenland. ...
in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant ( ; ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also ...
. It was an independent municipality until the municipal reorganization of 1977.
Bekkerzeel was first mentioned in 966. Initially under direct jurisdiction of the Duke of Brabant, the territory of Bekkerzeel was almost completely divided into fiefs of the castle of Groot-Bijgaarden in the 15th-century. One of these was the court ter Zittert, located near the church, which dates back to the primitive court of Bekkerzeel, the basis of the origin and (structural) development of Bekkerzeel.
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Sub-municipalities of Flemish Brabant {{FlemishBrabant-geo-stub