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Deinze
Deinze () is a city and a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It comprises the city of Deinze, and the towns of Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Hansbeke, Landegem, Meigem, Merendree, Nevele, Petegem-aan-de-Leie, , Sint-Martens-Leerne, Vinkt, Vosselare, Wontergem, and Zeveren. On 1 January 2022, Deinze had a population of 44,315. The municipality's total area is , giving a population density of 342 inhabitants per km². On 1 January 2019, the municipality of Nevele was merged into Deinze. History In 1695, during the Nine Years' War, an English force garrisoned in the town under the command of the Irish general Francis Fergus O’Farrell was forced to surrender to French forces. Postal history The DEYNZE post office opened in 1836 with the postal code 31 (before 1864), then 94 prior to 1874. The only other office in the area before 1910 was PETEGHEM (not to be confused with PETEGHEM-LEZ-AUDENAERDE), which opened 1 June 1874. Postal codes in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petegem-aan-de-Leie
Petegem-aan-de-Leie is a village in the Belgian province of East Flanders and a borough of Deinze. Petegem-aan-de-Leie is located on the south bank of the river Leie ( Lys). The village today forms a single urban core with that of Deinze itself, which is located just across the river. History Old records of Petegem go back to the 12th century. Petegem received a city hallmark in 1293 and consisted of two parts. Petegem-Binnen (Petegem-city) was located just south of the bridge over the Leie (Lys) to Deinze. The church was also located here. Petegem-Buiten consisted of several agricultural settlements in the surrounding country. Charles the Bold added Petegem-Binnen to the city of Deinze in 1469. The parish church of Petegem thus came to stand on the territory of Deinze. De Dries, where the roads from Gavere and Oudenaarde converged, served as the center of the village. The Kortrijk-Ghent road formed an important connecting road that ran from west to east through Petegem, along whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Van Deinze En De Leiestreek
Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek (Dutch for 'Museum of Deinze and the Leie region'), also known as mudel, is a museum of fine arts and folklore located in the city of Deinze, Belgium. The permanent exhibition displays exclusively artworks produced by artists who worked or lived in the region from about 1879 to today as well as folkloristic objects.Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek at uitinVlaanderen History 
The museum collection goes back to the objects collected by the Deinze Art and Archaeological Circle, which was founded in 1928. The Cir ...
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Karel Justinus Calewaert
Karel Justinus Calewaert (17 October 1893 – 27 December 1963) was a Belgian Roman Catholic bishop. Life Early years Calevaert was born in Deinze, a small town a short distance to the southwest of Ghent. His father, also named Justinus Calewaert, was a successful businessman, with premises in the Tolpoortstraat, who also ran a distillery. When war broke out in 1914 Calevaert went initially to England, but he later returned to Belgium and served as a stretcher-bearer on the front line. He studied at St Hendrik's College in Deinze and at the St Barbara College, a Jesuit school in Ghent, before moving on to the Catholic University of Louvain. He was ordained into the priesthood on 23 April 1922. Priest On 4 February 1925 he took a post as professor of Moral theology at the "CIBE"CIBE = Centre d'Instruction de Base et d'Ecolage (military academy) in Leopoldsburg, becoming director at this institution in 1927. On 1 October 1931 he was appointed president of the Main Sem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astene
Astene is a village and ''deelgemeente'' (sub-municipality) in the municipality of Deinze in the Belgium, Belgian province of East Flanders. The village is located along the Leie River and about south-west of Ghent. History The village was first mentioned in the 7th century as Athenneria. The etymology is unclear. The area has been inhabited since the Roman Empire, Roman era, and graves has been discovered dating between 50 and 150 Anno Domini, AD. The old parish church was located on the Kapelleberg, a dune near the Leie River, and was first mentioned in 1147. The village ''heerlijkheid'' (landed estate) used to belong to the Margraviate of Deinze, but the area also contained several other smaller ''heerlijkheden''. In 1582, during the Dutch Revolt, the village was destroyed except for three houses and the area was nearly depopulated. Around 1720, the road from Ghent to Kortrijk was constructed, and the centre moved from near the river to a linear settlement along the road. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Fergus O’Farrell
Major General Francis Fergus O’Farrell 1650 to 1712, was an Irish-born professional soldier who served in the Dutch States Army under William III until 1689, when he transferred into the English Army. During the Nine Years' War in 1695, he was cashiered for his premature surrender of the town of Deinze, then reinstated in 1696 and served in the War of the Spanish Succession. Early life Francis Fergus O’Farrell was born in County Longford in 1650, presumably a member of the O’Farrell clan who traditionally dominated the area, although his parentage is unclear. His distant cousin Ceadagh O'Farrell was killed at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 fighting for the Jacobites, while other relatives joined the French Irish Brigade, so Francis was unusual in serving the Protestant William of Orange. O'Farrell had at least two children, a son also named Francis Fergus who married Mary Emmett in June 1712, and a daughter Diana (?–before 1728), who married Francis Howard, 1st Earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raoul De Keyser
Raoul De Keyser (29 August 1930 – 6 October 2012) was a Belgian painter who lived and worked in Deinze, Belgium. Early life and education De Keyser was born in Deinze on 29 August 1930, and lived there all his life. His father was a carpenter. He began to paint on his own as a teenager but soon started writing for daily newspapers,Roberta Smith (16 October 2012)Raoul De Keyser, Belgian Abstract Painter, Dies at 82''New York Times''. commentating eclectically on sport and art.Christopher Masters (14 October 2012)Raoul de Keyser obituary''The Guardian''. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Deinze under the painter Roger Raveel from 1963 to 1964.Raoul De Keyser: FREEDOM, 20 September – 29 October 2011 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansbeke
Hansbeke is a village and '' deelgemeente'' (sub-municipality) in the municipality of Deinze in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The village is located about west of Ghent. History The village was first mentioned in 1147 as Hansbeka, and means "brook near Hamme". The parish was demarcated in 1242, and became part of the Diocese of Ghent in 1559. In 1838, a railway station opened on the Ghent to Bruges railway line. Later the E40 highway was constructed parallel to the railway line. The improved connection to the outside world resulted in the transformation of an agricultural community into a commuter's town. Hansbeke was an independent municipality until 1977, when it was merged to Nevele. In 2019, it was merged in Deinze. The villagers have established their own village council in December 2019, because they were worried that they were being ignored by the city in the larger municipality. Buildings The St Peter and Paul Church was first mentioned in 1147. The old ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevele
Nevele () is a village and former Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hansbeke, Landegem, Merendree, Nevele proper, Poesele and Vosselare. In 2018, the municipality of Nevele had a total population of 12,179. The total area is 51.89 km². Effective 1 January 2019, the municipality was merged into Deinze. Subdivisions Nevele consisted of six ''deelgemeenten'' (sub-municipalities). Nevele has borders with: *a. Lovendegem *b. Drongen (Ghent) *c. Sint-Martens-Leerne (Deinze) *d. Bachte-Maria-Leerne (Deinze) *e. Meigem (Deinze) *f. Lotenhulle (Aalter) *g. Bellem (Aalter) *h. Zomergem Famous inhabitants *Cyriel Buysse, novelist *Renaat de Rudder: born in Oostakker in 1897, he moved with his parents to Landegem in 1909. In 1914 he volunteered for the Belgian army to fight in the first World War, where he wrote on the physical and moral pain he was suffering, until he died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Ghent
The Arrondissement of Ghent (; ) is the largest of the six administrative arrondissements in the Province of East Flanders, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Ghent also comprises the municipalities of the Arrondissement of Eeklo. History The Arrondissement of Ghent was created in 1800 as the first arrondissement in the Department of Escaut (). It originally comprised the cantons of Deinze, Eeklo, Evergem, Ghent, Kruishoutem, Lochristi, Nazareth, Nevele, Oosterzele, Waarschoot and Zomergem. In 1803, the canton of Eeklo was merged with the Arrondissement of Sas-van-Gent to form the Arrondissement of Eeklo. The canton of Kruishoutem was ceded to the Arrondissement of Oudenaarde in 1818. In 1921, parts of Laarne and Kalken (in the Arrondissement of Dendermonde) were added to the arrondissement to form the new municipality of Beervelde. Parts of Kluizen, Ertvelde en Zelzate were added to the arrondissement in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poppo Of Deinze
Saint Poppo (Deinze, 977 – Marchiennes, 25 January 1048) was a knight of noble descent who turned to a monastic life after experiencing a spiritual conversion. He became one of the best known abbots of Stavelot and was one of the first recorded Flemish pilgrims to the Holy Land. Liturgically, he is commemorated on the 25th of January. Biography The ''Vita Popponis'', the biography of Poppo, was written shortly after his death by the monk Onulf and the abbot Everhelm of the Abbey of Hautmont. According to this source, Poppo belonged to a noble family of Flanders; his parents being Tizekinus and Adalwif. Around the year 1000, he made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with two companions. Soon after this he also went to Rome. He was about to marry a lady of noble family, when a flame suddenly burst out of the sky late at night and kept his lance radiating. Poppo believed this to be an illumination of the Holy Spirit, and soon after, he decided to enter the monastery of Saint Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk Van Braeckel
Dirk van Braeckel (born 19 February 1958 in Deinze), is a Belgian car designer. He is known for the designing of various models for Volkswagen Group, especially for the Bentley brand. Career Born in Deinze, after leaving school, van Braeckel studied electrical engineering, before joining Ford as an apprentice car designer in Cologne, West Germany. Ford then agreed to sponsor him undertake a degree in car design at the Royal College of Art, London. On graduation, he joined Audi in 1984, working on external design including the Audi A8 concept and Audi A3. In 1993, Volkswagen Group boss Ferdinand Piëch personally chose him to be the design head for Volkswagen's newly purchased Škoda Auto division, where he revised the entire model line-up, designing the Octavia and Fabia models. After Volkswagen purchased Bentley in 1998 from Vickers plc, van Braeckel joined the British-based company in August 1999 as Director of Design and Styling. His brief was to design a car that could s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gent–Wevelgem
Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late March on the last Sunday before the Tour of Flanders. Although the event is often called a ''cycling sprinter, sprinters classic'' due to its flat finishing terrain, its early-season date means riders are often tested by wind and rain, as well as several climbs, including two ascents of the steep and fully cobbled Kemmelberg. As a result, few editions of Gent–Wevelgem actually end in a bunch sprint – often the winner comes from a small group of escapees. In 2005 the race was included in the inaugural UCI ProTour and in 2011 in its successor, the UCI World Tour. Since 2011 it is organized by Flanders Classics, which also organizes the Tour of Flanders. Since 2012 a woman's event is held on the same day as the men's race. Six riders s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
