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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën
March 29, 2022
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De Ketelvest is a street and watercourse in the Belgian city of Ghent. The watercourse forms an artificial connection between the Leie and the Scheldt upstream of the natural confluence. …
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April 14, 2026
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De Ketelvest is an artificial canal, dug in the early 11th century with shovels for the defense of the trading center of Ghent. The path next to the Ketelvest marked the border between the lordship of St.-Pieters and the city of Ghent. Two preserved boundary stones in the facade of the St.-Barbaracollege and at house no. 39 recall that period.
This watercourse connects the Leie at Ketelpoort-Kuipgat with the Schelde at Grote Huidevettershoek, once the border between the German Empire and the French Kingdom.
This watercourse connects the Leie at Ketelpoort-Kuipgat with the Schelde at Grote Huidevettershoek, once the border between the German Empire and the French Kingdom.
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