Ranst

Ranst is a municipality inside the Belgian province of Antwerp . Ranst has a rich past. The history of the Broechem district is going returned to the yr 868. Recently essential archaeological reveals were made right here that date from the Merovingian length sixth - 7th centuries. In Oelegem even finds from the middle stone technology had been made and a settlement from the Roman period become exposed. The "Schranshoeve" has a small enclosure and a huge moat in defense in opposition to the Normans . Large elements of the prevailing territory got here underneath the energy of the lords of Berchem , the lords of Ranst , the lords of Zevenbergen and the lords of Doggenhout. The first parish created by way of the Christianization became that of Millegem, later followed through that of Ranst.

Witnesses are the Gothic church now chapel with the lovely 18th-century organ within the hamlet of Millegem and the late-Gothic Saint Pancratius church inside the middle of Ranst. The municipality lies among the Grote Schijn the Groot Schijn in the north and the Kleine Nete Kleine Neet inside the south. In addition to Ranst itself, there are 4 different residential regions, mainly the districts of Broechem , Emblem and Oelegem , and the hamlet of Millegem.