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Hamme
Hamme () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hamme proper, Kastel Moerzeke, and . In 2018, Hamme had a total population of 24,827. The total area is 40.21 km². The current mayor of Hamme is Herman Vijt, from the CD&V (Christian Democratic) party. Hamme also has its own legends. The most famous one is the legend of the " Hamse Wuiten". The people of Hamme are also called ''Hamse Wuitens''. The "Hamse wuiten" is also the main mascot in a streetparade at the end of March every year. The inhabitants dress up and build big trucks with funny giant puppets, making fun of local and national politicians and scandals. Famous inhabitants *Ferdinand Bracke, cyclist *Herman Brusselmans, writer * Amaat Joos, Canon and antropologue *Linde Merckpoel, radio presenter * Frans Van Damme, painter * Benoît Van Uytvanck, sculptor *Kristel Verbeke, singer *Hanne Verbruggen, singer *Petrus Vertenten, missionary and portraiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamme
Hamme () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hamme proper, Kastel Moerzeke, and . In 2018, Hamme had a total population of 24,827. The total area is 40.21 km². The current mayor of Hamme is Herman Vijt, from the CD&V (Christian Democratic) party. Hamme also has its own legends. The most famous one is the legend of the " Hamse Wuiten". The people of Hamme are also called ''Hamse Wuitens''. The "Hamse wuiten" is also the main mascot in a streetparade at the end of March every year. The inhabitants dress up and build big trucks with funny giant puppets, making fun of local and national politicians and scandals. Famous inhabitants *Ferdinand Bracke, cyclist *Herman Brusselmans, writer * Amaat Joos, Canon and antropologue *Linde Merckpoel, radio presenter * Frans Van Damme, painter * Benoît Van Uytvanck, sculptor *Kristel Verbeke, singer *Hanne Verbruggen, singer *Petrus Vertenten, missionary and portraiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Brusselmans
Herman Frans Martha Brusselmans (; born 9 October 1957) is a Belgian novelist, poet, playwright and columnist. He lives in Ghent. He is one of the best-selling authors in Flanders, but controversial at the same time for his profane language and offensive comedy. Life and career Herman Brusselmans studied Germanic philology at the University of Ghent. In his early twenties he was a football player. He played as a left winger for Vigor Hamme and Sporting Lokeren. He now has his own football team called "De Woody's", after his late dog Woody. Brusselmans married Gloria Van Iddergem in 1981 but divorced from her ten years later. He married his second wife Tania De Metsenaere in 2005. Their relationship ended in 2010. In March 2016 he met his current girlfriend with whom he now lives together in his home in Gent. Although it's known her given name is Lena, her family name remains undisclosed up until this day. Their relationship generated a lot of media attention in Flandres becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lippenbroek
The Lippenbroek is a former polder in the Belgian freshwater part of the Schelde-estuary, currently functioning as a pilot project for the restoration of intertidal habitat in a densely populated estuary. The area of 10 ha, situated on the territory of the Belgian community of Hamme, started functioning as a flood control area (FCA) in March 2006. Through a construction of sluices, the area is in close contact with the river Schelde: water is flowing in at high tide, and out at low tide. The sluices are designed to obtain a water regime in the area, comparable to the one in natural mudflats and (freshwater) tidal marsh A tidal marsh (also known as a type of "tidal wetland") is a marsh found along rivers, coasts and estuaries which floods and drains by the tidal movement of the adjacent estuary, sea or ocean. Tidal marshes are commonly zoned into lower marshes ( ...es along the Schelde. In this way, the Lippenbroek combines a safety function (protection against extreme sprin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrus Vertenten
Petrus Vertenten (1884 – 1946) was a Belgian Missionary of the Sacred Heart in Dutch New Guinea. Vertenten lived and worked on the south coast of Dutch New Guinea from 1910 to 1925 among the Marind-anim, a Papuan people in the wider area of Merauke, and can be described as an authority on knowledge about them. Vertenten later spent time in Belgian Congo, making ethnological researches in all places he visited. He was also a painter and a draftsman, producing perhaps the first colored portraits of a Papuan culture. When the Marinds were risking extinction due to the spread of an imported venereal disease combined with their particular sexual practices, Vertenten repeatedly alerted the Dutch government in Merauke, and eventually got to speak to the governor-general in Batavia. He went down in history as "savior of the Kaja-Kaja's" and was appointed a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau for his efforts. Life and work He was born in Hamme on 3 October 1884, to Hendrik and Clemence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristel Verbeke
Kristel Philemon Charlotte Verbeke (born 10 December 1975 in Hamme) is a Flemish singer, actress, host and one of the first members of the girl group K3. After leaving K3 in 2015, she became the group's manager, remaining in this position until 2017. Since leaving K3, Verbeke focused on TV producing and acting. Life and career Early life When Verbeke was 13 her parents divorced. She lived with her father, but kept in touch with her mother. Her two sisters died in their youth. Her younger sister Véronique died at home at age 11 due to carbon monoxide poisoning and her older sister Isabelle died in a car accident at age 21. Her father died of lung cancer at the beginning of the K3 breakthrough. After completing secondary education, she trained as a ''regent'' for Dutch, history and economics. Before meeting the other two K3 members Karen Damen and Kathleen Aerts in 1998, she worked as a bank clerk in Laarne and performed in an homage to Ann Christy together with Robert Mosuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moerzeke
Moerzeke is a village located at the river Scheldt in the municipality Hamme, Belgium. History The name comes from the Gallo-Roman ''Mauriciacum'', which means ''good or villa belonging to Mauricius''. In the passing ages the name Moerzeke has been written in various ways. In Latin manuscripts from 1125 and 1156 you can read ''Murzeke'' and ''Murceke'', in 1171 ''Morzeka'', in 1225 ''Morsca'', in 1259 and 1261 ''Morseke'', in 1330 ''Mourseka''. At the end of the sixteenth century Mercator indicates Moerzeke as ''Moeshe'' on his maps. This name is still used by the people of Moerzeke. The village has a history of disasters. In 1488 the castle of the lord of Moerzeke was ruined by troublemakers from Ghent. The church was plundered too, but the inhabitants of Moerzeke had moved the most valuable pieces of their church to Dendermonde. Reformation brought a lot of mayhem: half the parish got burned down and ravaged and even the church didn't escape this. From 1578 on the Catholic re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linde Merckpoel
Linde Merckpoel (born 17 October 1984) is a Belgian vlogger and radio presenter. She was a vlogger for the Flemish public television channel Eén Eén (stylized as één; en, "one") is a public Dutch-language TV station in Belgium, owned by the VRT, which also owns Ketnet, Canvas and several radio stations. Although the channel is commercial-free, short sponsorship messages are broadc ... and a radio presenter for the Flemish radio station Studio Brussel where she was a figurehead for years. Biography She was born in Hamme and grew up in Eksaare ( Lokeren). Her career at VRT radio started in July 2007 at the VRT news service as a newsreader at Studio Brussel and Radio Donna. From September 2008 she became active at Studio Brussel as a radio presenter. In the fall of 2013 she had her own late evening program on Studio Brussel: ''Linde Late Night'', airing between 10 pm and midnight. In December she was one of the three presenters of Music for Life 2013 ('' Music For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Bracke
Ferdinand Bracke (born 25 May 1939) is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist who is most famous for holding the World Hour Record (48.093 km) and winning the overall title at the 1971 Vuelta a España in front of Wilfried David of Belgium and Luis Ocaña of Spain. He also became world pursuit champion on the track in 1964 and 1969. Biography Bracke was born in Hamme, East Flanders, Belgium, on 24 May 1939. A rouleur and time trialist, he emerged as an amateur in 1962 by winning the tenth stage of the Peace Race. In May of the same year he won the Grand Prix des Nations, a time trial race. He turned pro on 26 September 1962, joining the Peugeot-BP-Dunlop team headed by Gaston Plaud. In the following years he obtained numerous prestigious victories on road: he won the Trofeo Baracchi, together with Eddy Merckx, in 1966 and 1967, a stage in the 1966 Tour de France and the final time trial of the 1976 Tour de France. He finished in third place in the genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dendermonde
Dendermonde (; french: Termonde, ) is a city in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Dendermonde and the towns of Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, Mespelare, Oudegem, Schoonaarde, and Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde. Dendermonde is at the mouth of the river Dender, where it flows into the Scheldt. The town has a long-standing folkloric feud with Aalst, south along the same river, which dates from the Middle Ages. The city is an administrative, commercial, educational, and medical centre for the surrounding region. The current mayor of Dendermonde is Piet Buyse (Christian Democratic and Flemish). History Origins to the 15th century Some interesting La Tène artifacts were found in Appels, proof that this region of the Scheldt was inhabited in prehistory. Grave sites from the 2nd and 6th century also attest to dense settlement in Gallo-Roman and Merovingian times. In 843, the Treaty of Verdun placed Dendermonde in Lotharingia. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bornem
Bornem (, old spelling: ''Bornhem'') is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the village of Bornem proper, Hingene, and Weert, and . There are also the hamlets of Branst, Buitenland, Eikevliet and Wintam. In 2021, Bornem had a total population of 21,428. The total area is 45.76 km². Geography Heritage * Bornem Castle, Residence of the House Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde. * Bornem Abbey, only Cistercian Abbey in Flanders: residence of former general Amadeus de Bie and Henricus Smeulders. Climate Bornem has a oceanic climate (Köppen: ''Cfb''). Notable people * Walter Boeykens (b. Bornem, 6 January 1938), clarinetist * Pedro Coloma, Baron of Bornhem, who purchased the lordship in 1586 and renovated the castle * Jan Hammenecker (Mariekerke, 2 October 1878 – Westrode, 13 June 1932), writer and priest * Marc Van Ranst (b. Bornem, 20 June 1965), virologist * Dries De Bondt (b. Bornem, 4 July 1991), cyclist. 2020 Belgian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanne Verbruggen
K3 is a Belgian-Dutch girl group with a Dutch-language pop repertoire, consisting of Hanne Verbruggen, Marthe De Pillecyn and Julia Boschman. The group's name is derived from first letters of the three first members from 1998: Karen Damen, Kristel Verbeke and Kathleen Aerts. Their signature style and iconocity relies in all three girls mostly wearing the same outfit, and in the fact that each girl's hair represents one color in the Belgian flag. Throughout their career, K3 has built a space within Dutch and Belgian pop culture. The rise to fame of K3 began with their running to represent Belgium in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest with the single "Heyah Mama", eventually losing to Vanessa Chinitor's " Like the Wind". Despite receiving mixed reviews from the judges, the song peaked at two in Belgium (Ultratop 50 Singles) and at eighteen in The Netherlands. It was included in the debut album '' Parels'' (1999), which also met great commercial success in both countries. The band' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Van Damme
Frans Van Damme (1858 – 1925) was a Belgian painter. Biography Frans Van Damme was born in Hamme on 19 July 1858.Burgerlijke stand Huwelijksakten - Vlaams-Brabant en Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, State Archives He is best known for his work as a marine painter. Until the age of 12 he attended primary school in Sint-Niklaas. He lived in Waasmunster in his youth. At the age of 27, in 1885, he became professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, and in 1887 at the Royal Academy in Brussels. He won the Prix de Rome and was awarded gold medals in Tunis, Paris and Saint Petersburg, whose Hermitage Museum owns two of his works. Van Damme was a virtuoso and his work in keeping with the 19th-century tradition of Impressionist realism. He may be compared to Louis Artan. Within this emerging tradition he was nonetheless able to develop his own style. He had several residences and his work is very scattered. His life had a tragic end: his studio in Zeebrugge Zeebrugge (, fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
