# Michelbeke

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'''Michelbeke''' is a village in the municipality of [Brakel](/source/Brakel%2C_Belgium), [Belgium](/source/Belgium). It is located in the [Denderstreek](/source/Denderstreek) and in the [Flemish Ardennes](/source/Flemish_Ardennes), the hilly southern part of the province of [East Flanders](/source/East_Flanders), [Belgium](/source/Belgium). It was itself a municipality until the fusion of the municipalities on 1 January 1971.

==History==
Michelbeke has been inhabited since the Roman period. A Roman villa and bath house have been discovered during the construction of the Kammeland estate. The village was first mentioned in 1150s and is a toponym for mud brook. Railway line Aalst-Zottegem-Ronse opened in 1885 with a train station at Michelbeke which closed in 1963.<ref name="erfgoed">{{cite web|url=https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/themas/14347 |title=Michelbeke |website=Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed |access-date=21 October 2020|language=nl}}</ref> The municipality merged into Brakel in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/themas/13207 |title=Brakel |website=Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed|access-date=21 October 2020|language=nl}}</ref>

==Sports==
Women's [volleyball](/source/volleyball) club [Richa Michelbeke](/source/Richa_Michelbeke) plays at the highest level of the Belgian league pyramid.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/blhco_20110903_005 |title=Volley Richa Michelbeke 2011 - 2012 |website=Nieuwsblad|access-date=21 October 2020|language=nl}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Molenaarswoning Michelbeke Boembeke.jpg|Miller's house
File:Zicht op Michelbeke.jpg|View on Michelbeke
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Belgian municipality Brakel}}
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Category:Brakel, Belgium
Category:Former municipalities of East Flanders
Category:Populated places in East Flanders

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