Grunbeck

Grunbeck is a small village in Sint-Anders Parish. It has a population of about 530 people.

History
Grunbeck was founded around 1620 as a small farming community which grew into a town of 1000 by 1750. Due to the strategic nature of the area, a fortress was built in a tiny peninsula near the coast (around the 1740s). Soon a small port sprung up which was useful because of its great depth. During the Franco-Brunanter War in the 1750s the town was besieged by sea and then by land. The town was later destroyed and abandoned and the majority of its residents migrated to Grijzestad following the war. Largely abandoned, it was only until the 1860 that the area was re-settled.