Bekkevoort

Bekkevoort (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛkəvoːrt] ⓘ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.

The municipality comprises the towns of Assent, Bekkevoort proper and Molenbeek-Wersbeek.

It gains its name from the Germanic name "Baco" and the word "voorde" (which means a place of ferriage, where one can easily cross a stream via a place where the waters are lower), thus roughly meaning "Baco's wade".

This ferriage formed the historical center of the town and is nowadays known as the road Steenberg, from Bekkevoort to Zichem and Scherpenheuvel.

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