Zandvoorde, Zonnebeke

Zandvoorde (West Flemish: Zanvôorde) is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and a part (deelgemeente) of the municipality of Zonnebeke. Zandvoorde is a rural village, in the rolling landscape of the southern part of the province.^[1]

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Zandvoorde
Deelgemeente
Coordinates: 50°48′46″N 2°58′52″E
Country	Belgium
Province	West Flanders
Municipality	Zonnebeke
Area
• Total	6.68 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Population  (1999)
• Total	474
	Source: NIS
Postal code	8980

History

Old listings of the place date back to 1102, as Sanfort. "Sant" refers to sand (in modern Dutch: zand), "fort" refers to Ford (in modern Dutch: voorde), a shallow crossing in a watercourse.

The village was completely destroyed during World War I.^[2] Among those killed there was the German poet Ernst Stadler, drafted to the German army.

Landmarks

• The Parish and its church are named after Saint Bartholomew. The current church dates from 1923–1925, after the old church had been destroyed during the First World War.
• The Zantvoorde British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission World War I military cemetery. In the village centre, there is a British war memorial, The Household Cavalry Monument.

Trivia

• In the north of the province of West Flanders, there's another village with the name Zandvoorde, a part of the city of Ostend