Zichem
Sign in to saveZichem is a village of the town of Scherpenheuvel-Zichem in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. Zichem was an independent municipality until the municipal redistribution of 1977.
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- Named after
- Shechem
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Scherpenheuvel-Zichem
- Body of water
- Demer
- Shares border with
- Diest
- Image
- Sint Eustachius Zichem.jpg
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- postal code
- 3271
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- Zichem
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Zichem is a village of the town of Scherpenheuvel-Zichem in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. Zichem was an independent municipality until the municipal redistribution of 1977.
== History == Zichem belonged to Maria van Loon-Heinsberg, who was a descendant of the Counts of Loon. After her marriage in 1440 to Jan IV of Nassau, Zichem became part of the county of Nassau-Dillenburg.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zichem” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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