''DW B'' is the oldest

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that is still in print. It was first published as ''Dietsche Warande en Belfort'', co-founded by

Marie-Elisabeth Belpaire Marie-Elisabeth Belpaire (31 January 1853 – 9 June 1948) was a Belgian writer and activist. She was known as the "mother of the Flemish Movement".Joseph Albert Alberdingk Thijm Joseph Albert Alberdingk Thijm (8 July 1820 – 17 March 1889) was a Dutch writer. In his triple capacity of art critic, philologist, and poet, Alberdingk Thijm was an important figure of Catholic literature. After finishing his studies in his nat ...

, whose brother

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had moved it to Flanders in 1887. ''Het Belfort'' was founded in 1886 by

Jan Bols Jan Bols (born 27 August 1944 in Hoogeveen, Drenthe) is a former Dutch long track speed skater. Bols was among the top all-rounders in the late 60s and early 70s, this period overlapped the glory days of Kees Verkerk and Ard Schenk, so that he ...

. The goal for the foundation of these magazines was to provide a forum for (Dutch-language) Flemish authors, who until then rarely published in Dutch magazines; especially Catholic and West-Flemish authors did not feel at home in the Dutch literary milieu of the nineteenth century. DW B is based in

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. Christophe Van Gerrewey is one of the members of the editorial board.

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''Dietsche Warande'' and ''Het Belfort'', from 1855 to 1897
1886 establishments in Belgium Dutch-language magazines Literary magazines Magazines established in 1886 Magazines published in Brussels Magazines published in Flanders {{Europe-lit-mag-stub