Villa Burm

Villa Burm

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Villa Burm

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Location: Zele, Dendermonde, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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June 29, 2021

Road cycling

The "Castle" is actually a villa, but is nevertheless beautifully situated on the banks of the Scheldt. Until 1900 there was a shipyard here, then the entrepreneur Eugène Burm built a timber trade and specialized in wood for the construction of railways, telephones and telegraphs. The villa from 1902 is reminiscent of an English cottage and is situated in a spacious and well-kept garden, in which a number of company buildings in an adapted style are also included.

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Dominiek Van Dooren

May 5, 2024

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Villa built on the site of the shipyard of Eugène Burm on the Scheldt bank. Construction entrepreneur E. Burm started a shipbuilding company in 1876 on the site of the construction company of the Burm family. After the shipyard closed down in 1900, E. Burm set up a large timber trade, specialising in timber for railway construction, telephone and telegraphy. He had a villa and a large service building built on the site, including an office for the timber trade. After the death of Eugène Burm in 1933, the trading activity here was stopped.

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DirkWi

April 11, 2025

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This majestic villa on the banks of the Scheldt was built at the beginning of the 20th century (1903-1905) by order of Eugène Burm, who ran a shipyard here from …

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