Zwijndrecht

Zwijndrecht is each a village and a municipality positioned within the Flemish province of Antwerp, in Belgium. As nicely as Zwijndrecht proper, the municipality includes the village of Burcht. As of January 1, 2006, Zwijndrecht had a complete population of 18,231. While very little archaeological excavation has been carried out within the municipality of Zwijndrecht itself, numerous findings had been documented in the surrounding vicinity, that's referred to as the Waasland. These have indicated profession inside the place from as early as the end of the Neolithic Period. Numerous indications of Roman occupation have also been exposed in the Waasland place.

In the early Middle Ages, Zwijndrecht-Burcht became in moderation populated, its landscape consisting especially of moist woodland and small settlements separated by way of forests. This situation remained till the latter 1/2 of the 11th century, while an growth in populace necessitated modifications in land use: the forests among settlements were cleared and fields have been fashioned into communal agricultural areas, using a 3-path crop rotation machine. These had been called “kouters” or ploughshares. Raised paths through.