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Oostende can mean: * Ostend ( nl, Oostende, link=no), a city in Belgium * Oostende, Netherlands, a drowned village in Zeeland, Netherlands * AS Ostende, a Belgian football club * B.C. Oostende Basketball Club Oostende, for sponsorship reasons Filou Oostende, is a Belgian professional basketball team. The club is based in Ostend and was founded in 1970. The club competes domestically in the BNXT League and internationally in the Baske ..., a Belgian professional basketball team See also * * Ostend (other) * Ostende (other) * Oosteinde, a village in North Holland * Oosterend, North Holland {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostend
Ostend ( nl, Oostende, ; french: link=no, Ostende ; german: link=no, Ostende ; vls, Ostende) is a coastal city and municipality, located in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke, Raversijde, Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the largest on the Belgian coast. History Origin to Middle Ages In the Early Middle Ages, Ostend was a small village built on the east-end () of an island (originally called Testerep) between the North Sea and a beach lake. Although small, the village rose to the status of "town" around 1265, when the inhabitants were allowed to hold a market and to build a market hall. The major source of income for the inhabitants was fishing. The North Sea coastline has always been rather unstable due to the power of the water. In 1395 the inhabitants decided to build a new Ostend behind large dikes and further away from the always-threatening sea. 15th to 18th century The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Settlements Lost To Floods In The Netherlands
This list of settlements lost to floods in the Netherlands is an adapted translation ofrom Dutch, plus some additions from other sources. "Oud-" is Dutch for "Old". If you cannot find a name, look for it under "Oud-". Drowned villages and places in Zeeland and West-Brabant Drowned villages and places in Noord-Beveland Drowned villages and places in Zuid-Beveland Drowned villages and places in the Verdronken land van Saeftinghe Drowned villages in Schouwen (mostly in its drowned south part) Drowned villages in the Drowned Land of Reimerswaal Drowned villages in the Braakman Zeeland and West Brabant: doubtful cases Zeeland and West Brabant: drowned islands in the delta region 11 villages west of the Grote Hollandse Waard, east of the current gully of De Striene 4 or 5 drowned villages east of the Schelde Drowned villages in the Grote Hollandse Waard alias South Hollandse Waard 9 villages on the south bank of the Maas, in Brabant and South Holland, in order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AS Ostende
As, AS, A. S., A/S or similar may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media * A. S. Byatt (born 1936), English critic, novelist, poet and short story writer * "As" (song), by Stevie Wonder * , a Spanish sports newspaper * , an academic male voice choir of Helsinki, Finland * Adult Swim, a programming block on Cartoon Network Business legal structures * , a Czech form of joint-stock company * , a Slovak form of joint-stock company * or ''A/S'', a type of Danish stock-based company * or ''AS'', a type of Norwegian stock-based company Businesses and organizations * A.S. Roma, an Italian football club * Alaska Airlines, IATA airline designator * (Belgium), a World War II resistance organization * ''Diario AS'', a Spanish daily sports newspaper that concentrates particularly on football - branded as AS * KK AS Basket, a Serbian basketball club * , a French resistance organization * Oakland Athletics, an American baseball team referred to as the A's * Australian Standards, a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostend (other)
Ostend is a major coastal city in Belgium. Ostend may also refer to: Places *Arrondissement of Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium *Ostend, Essex, England * Ostend, Norfolk, England *Ostend (Frankfurt am Main), a city district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany *Ostend, New Zealand Other uses *Ostend (Chamber of Representatives constituency), a constituency of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1831 to 1900 *Ostend Company (1722–1731), a chartered trading company in the Austrian Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) *Ostend Manifesto The Ostend Manifesto, also known as the Ostend Circular, was a document written in 1854 that described the rationale for the United States to purchase Cuba from Spain while implying that the U.S. should declare war if Spain refused. Cuba's annex ... * 9471 Ostend, a minor planet See also * * Oostende (other) * Ostende (other) * Oosteinde, a village in North Holland {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostende (other)
Ostende may refer to: * Ostend (french: Ostende, link=no), in Dutch Oostende * Ostende, Buenos Aires, a resort town in Pinamar Partido, Argentina * Ostende, a hamlet in the Quarter Ende of Herdecke, Germany * Breitenfurt-Ostende, a hamlet in Breitenfurt bei Wien, Austria * Playa de Ostende, a beach in Castro-Urdiales, Spain; see Punta de los Cuervos Other uses * ''Ostende'', a 2011 Argentine film directed by Laura Citarella * Ostend–Vienna Express, a train that ran on the Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway from 1894 to 1993 See also * * Ostend (other) Ostend is a major coastal city in Belgium. Ostend may also refer to: Places *Arrondissement of Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium *Ostend, Essex, England * Ostend, Norfolk, England *Ostend (Frankfurt am Main), a city district of Frankfurt am Main, Ger ... * Oostende (other) * Oosteinde, a village in North Holland * Oosterend, North Holland {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities, Towns And Villages In North Holland
This is a list of settlements in the province of North Holland, in the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl .... Sources GEOnet Names Server (GNS) {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Cities, Towns And Villages In North Holland *North Holland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
