Rijkevorsel

Rijkevorsel is a municipality placed in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality incorporates the city of Rijkevorsel, Achtel, Sint-Jozef-Rijkevorsel and Gammel. In 2015, Rijkevorsel had a total population of 10.495. The general region is forty six.Seventy nine km² which gives a populace density of 224 inhabitants according to km². Rijkevorsel, Vaishak, Voirssele, Forsela in 1194. Recent archaeological finds at the Willow Street attest to human presence within the past due stone age, the bronze and iron age and the Roman instances. A large cemetery with cremation on the Helhoekheide may additionally factor to a primary agreement being present here already before the start of our generation. The parish of Vorsel, later Rijkevorsel, dates from the Middle

Ages. In 1194 she turned into handed over by way of Jean d'Antoing , dean of Kamerijk , to the canons of the collegiate church of Antwerp. The glory Rijkevorsel became already cited inside the thirteenth century, while it belonged to Weinemar van Gemenich. In 1358 a transfer takes place from Jan, lord van Kuyk and Hoogstraten , to his brother Hendrik. In 1581, Hoogstraten became a county beneath Antoine de Lalaing . Rijkevorsel was part of it however retained its personal management.