Nederhasselt

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Nederhasselt is a village in the Belgian province of East Flanders and a sub-municipality of Ninove. The village is located in the Dender region in Zandlemig Flanders. The rural residential village of Nederhasselt is 402 hectares in size and is located in a very hilly landscape that varies between 20 and 70 m. The municipality is located ± 4.5 km from Ninove and borders Heldergem in the north, Outer in the east and south and west to Aspelare. The village center is located in the south on the wide valley of the Molenbeek, which flows into the Dender at Ninove. The Geraardsbergen-Aalst road cuts through the municipality in the west, which also created a residential concentration here. In addition to the village, there are three more districts: Vogelenzang, Terbert and Slettem.

Nederhasselt is first mentioned in the 11th century as Hasloth and as early as 1166 people spoke of Hasselt, a combination of the shrub name "hazel" and the Germanic collective (collective suffix) -ûth. The name therefore means "hazelbo". "Neder-" was added around 1300 to distinguish it from a neighboring Hasloth now known as Ophasselt; it determines the location of the two villages in the Molenbeek valley.