Burcht
Burcht is a village within the municipality of Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht located in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 7,490 residents
- Description: section of Zwijndrecht, Belgium
- Also known as: “Burcht, Antwerp”, “Burght”, and “Zwijndrecht (Burcht)”
- Postal code: 2070
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sint-Martinuskerk and Olympisch Stadion.
Olympisch Stadion
Stadium
Photo: KSKB1935, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Olympisch Stadion or Kielstadion was built as the main stadium for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. For those games, it hosted the athletics, equestrian, field hockey, football, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rugby union, tug of war, weightlifting and korfball events. Olympisch Stadion is situated 3½ km southeast of Burcht.
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
Museum
Photo: Ricardalovesmonuments, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 1810, that houses a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp is situated 3½ km east of Burcht.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zwijndrecht and Zuid.
Zwijndrecht
Town
Photo: Torsade de Pointes, CC0.
Zwijndrecht is a former municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium. On January 1, 2025, it fused with the municipalities of Beveren and Kruibeke to form the new municipality of Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht, which resulted in it moving from the province of Antwerp to that of East Flanders.
Zuid
Quarter
The Zuid is a southern neighborhood in the city center of Antwerp, abutting the Scheldt River. The Zuid had a revival in the mid-1980s and is now composed of buildings in the Art Nouveau and Modern architecture styles. Zuid is situated 3½ km east of Burcht.
Linkeroever
Suburb
Linkeroever is an area in the city of Antwerp, on the left bank of the Scheldt river. Historically it was a neighbourhood which belonged to Zwijndrecht, but on 19 March 1923, it was attached to Antwerp. Linkeroever is situated 4 km northeast of Burcht.
Burcht
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.20281° or 51° 12′ 10″ northLongitude
4.34164° or 4° 20′ 30″ eastPopulation
7,490Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE BUDOpen location code
9F36683R+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 251367716OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Polish—“Burcht” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Burcht”
- Dutch: “Burcht”
- French: “Burcht”
- Hungarian: “Burcht”
- Irish: “Burcht”
- Polish: “Burcht”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Burcht”. Photo: Spotter2, CC BY-SA 3.0.