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 roadsinGallia Belgica. The archaeological museum of Velzeke exhibits findings from that period. The municipality merged into Zottegem in 1970.[2]
The village of Velzeke was first mentioned in 1015 as Felsecum; Ruddershove was first mention in 1053 as Rotgeri Curtis. The villages were part of the Land of Zottegem. In 1825, the villages which had grown together where merged in a single municipality. In 1970, the municipality was merged in Zottegem.[2]
In 2007, the Flemish Tourism Agency held a competition to elect the most beautiful Flemish village. Velzeke-Ruddershove was one of the 50 nominated villages.[3]
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J. van Heesch and J. Deschieter, De Gallo-Romeinse vicus te Velzeke II. Een muntschat uit de tijd van keizer Postumus (Zottegem, 2000).
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Marcel Thirion, "Le trésor de Zottegem - Velzeke III: bronzes jusqu’à Hadrien", Cercle des Etudes Numismatiques. Bulletin 11:2 (1974), p. 70.
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