Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove

The Berendries is an uphill street in Michelbeke, part of the municipality of Brakel, in the Belgian province of East Flanders. Its top is at 98 m altitude, making it the highest hill of the Zwalm region, just north of the Flemish Ardennes. The road has an asphalt surface and links the valley town of Michelbeke to the hilltop town of Sint-Maria-Oudenhove.

Sint-Maria-Oudenhove is a village in the Denderstreek and in the Flemish Ardennes, the hilly southern part of the province of East Flanders, Belgium. It was formerly an independent municipality. In 1977 the main part of the settlement became part of the municipality of Zottegem, with a smaller section joining the municipality of Brakel.

Zottegem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈzɔtəɣɛm], Sotteghem and Sottegem in older English and French language sources) is a municipality located in Belgium and more particularly in Flanders, in the province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Zottegem proper and the villages of Elene, Erwetegem, Godveerdegem, Grotenberge, Leeuwergem, Oombergen, Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove, Sint-Maria-Oudenhove, Strijpen and Velzeke-Ruddershove. On 1 January 2018, Zottegem had a total population of 26,373. The total area is 56.66 km2 which gives a population density of 470 inhabitants per km2. Zottegem is part of the hilly geographical area of the Flemish Ardennes (Vlaamse Ardennen); the hills and cobblestone streets (Paddestraat) are regular locations in the springtime cycle classics of Flanders. The city is known for its ties with Lamoral, Count of Egmont; Lamoral has a castle (Egmontkasteel), a museum (Egmontkamer) and two statues in the centre of Zottegem. He is buried in a crypt (Egmontcrypte) under the church. Leeuwergem castle in Elene is an 18th-century stately home; Breivelde castle in Grotenberge is surrounded by an English landscape garden. The archaeological museum in Velzeke exhibits findings from Gallo-Roman culture.

Michelbeke is a village in the municipality of Brakel, Belgium. It is located in the Denderstreek and in the Flemish Ardennes, the hilly southern part of the province of East Flanders, Belgium. It was itself a municipality until the fusion of the municipalities on 1 January 1971.

Erwetegem is a village and deelgemeente (sub-municipality) belonging to the municipality of Zottegem. It is located in the Denderstreek and in the Flemish Ardennes, the hilly southern part of the province of East Flanders, Belgium. Erwetegem used to an independent municipality until 1970.

Velzeke-Ruddershove is a double village in the Denderstreek in the province of East Flanders in Belgium, currently part of the municipality of Zottegem. The two villages of Velzeke and Ruddershove were merged in 1825. The settlement of Velzeke dates back from at least the Roman era, when it was a vicus situated at a crossroads in the network of Roman roads in Gallia Belgica. The municipality merged into Zottegem in 1970.

Egmont's statue (Dutch: Egmontstandbeeld or standbeeld van (Lamoraal van) Egmont) is a statue of Lamoral, Count of Egmont in the Belgian city of Zottegem dating from 1872. Three identical statues exist: another bronze copy of the statue stands in Zottegem since 1968 and in 1997 a bronze copy was placed in the moat at Egmond Castle in Egmond aan den Hoef in the Netherlands.

The Egmont museum (Dutch: Egmontkamer) is a museum about Lamoral, Count of Egmont in the former town hall of Zottegem in Belgium.The museum was opened in 2018 for the commemoration of the 450th anniversary of the beheading of Lamoral on Grand-Place/Grote Markt in Brussels in 1568. It showcases different historical Egmont items such as paintings, etchings, coins and floor tiling from Egmont's castle. Furthermore, several objects from Egmont's crypt are shown, such as the 16th-century burial plaque of his wife Sabina, the plaque dating from the rediscovery of the crypt in 1804, the embalmed hearts of Lamoral and his sons Charles and Philip and 3D prints of Egmont's and Sabina's skulls.Since 1984 the former town hall also houses a shrine containing the cleft cervical vertebra of Lamoral. Two Egmont paintings are on display: Last honours to Egmont and Horne (1882) by Louis Gallait en Egmond castle in Egmond aan den Hoef (around 1570) by Dutch master Gillis De Saen.

The archaeological museum of Velzeke (Dutch: Archeocentrum Velzeke) is a museum located on the Paddestraat in Velzeke-Ruddershove in Zottegem, Belgium. It focuses on prehistorical times and the Gallo-Roman period. The museum opened its doors in 1972.The museum is located in Velzeke, a vicus where two Roman roads crossed (Boulogne-Tongeren and Bavay-north). It is the starting point for the signposted tourist route Viae Romanae Velzeke-Bavay which follows the old Roman road to Bavay. Archeologists found several Roman artefacts on the archaeological site next to the museum. In 1971 a bronze statue was found, known as the 'Venus of Velzeke'. A hoard of third-century Roman coins has been discovered at Velzeke, including 91 denarii (ranging in date from the reign of Septimius Severus to that of Gordian III) and 93 antoniniani (ranging in date from the reign of Elagabalus to that of Postumus). Since 2021 new excavations take place on the site. An archaeological park will be built, comprising reconstructed Roman villas and roads. In 1998 a statue of Julius Caesar was erected on the village square close to the museum.

Egmont Castle or the Castle of (Lamoral count of) Egmont (Dutch: Egmontkasteel or Kasteel van Egmont) is a castle in Zottegem, Belgium. It has been declared a cultural heritage monument.

Godveerdegem is a village belonging to the municipality of Zottegem. It is located on the Molenbeek-Ter Erpenbeek in the Denderstreek and in the Flemish Ardennes, the hilly southern part of the province of East Flanders, Belgium. The Molenbeek-Ter Erpenbeek has its source in Godveerdegem.

Leeuwergem is a village belonging to the municipality of Zottegem. It is located on the Molenbeek, in the Denderstreek and Flemish Ardennes, which is part of the hilly southern part of the East Flanders province, Belgium. Leeuwergem used to be part of the heerlijkheid of Zottegem. From 1271 onwards, it formed a heerlijkheid with Massemen. It was an independent municipality until 1970, when it was merged into Zottegem.Leeuwergem and the neighbouring village of Elene host the 18th century Leeuwergem Castle domain, a private estate of 32 hectares.