Editing Puurs (section)

==History==
Signs of habitation dating back to the [[Iron Age]], as well as early Roman and [[Merovingian]] times, have been found in Puurs.

Arguably, the [[Benedictine]] abbeys of Saint-Cornelimunster of Aachen were the lords of Puurs in the 10th century A.D. In 1278 the municipality was acquired by the Abbey of Sint-Bernard's upon [[Scheldt]], whose property it would remain until the end of the 18th century.