Kontich

Kontich is a municipality placed inside the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality accommodates the cities of Kontich right and Waarloos. On December 31, 2010, Kontich had a total populace of 20,584. The general vicinity is 23.Sixty seven km³ which gives a populace density of 866 inhabitants according to km³. Kontich exists of three components: Kontich Centrum, Waarloos and Kontich Kazerne. Kontich Kazerne has a large industrial center and a train station on the line between Antwerp and Mechelen. The barracks kazerne in Dutch which gave the name to the agreement have closed however. The Centrum a part of Kontich has the town middle. The E19 dual carriageway among Antwerp and Brussels passes via Kontich. "Kontich" comes from the Latin word condacum which means that confluence of 2 streams. Legend has it that Saint Reinildis got here from Kontich,

despite the fact that this has been refuted with the aid of historical resources, it's miles certain that this niece of Pepijn van Landen had land here that she donated to the Lobbes abbey in Hainaut across the 7th century . Due to the Vikings' looting , the Bishop of Kamerijk needed to reconfirm in 1149 that the church of Kontich became owned by way of Lobbes. This supposed that they were allowed to name the pastor and collect the tithes thru him . Now Kontich become a special congregation at that time because there were then churches slightly arched from each other.