Egidius Slanghen

Egidius Slanghen (23 August 1820 – 12 October 1882) was the

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Hoensbroek Hoensbroek ( li, Gebrook) is a Dutch town in the municipality of Heerlen. It is situated in the southeast of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, a province in the southeast of the Netherlands. Until 1982, Hoensbroek was a separate municipality. Hoens ...

(now part of

Heerlen Heerlen (; li, Heële ) is a city and a municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is the third largest settlement proper in the province of Limburg. Measured as municipality, it is the fourth municipality in the province of Limburg. ...

) from 11 March 1855 till his death and a

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. Before being mayor of Hoensbroek, he was, thanks to mediation by the

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Jean Bapriste d'Ansembourg of

Amstenrade Amstenrade is a village in the municipality of Beekdaelen, in the Netherlands. It is located about 7 km northwest of Heerlen. The Amstenrade Castle is located in the village. History The village was first mentioned in 1274 as Anstenroden, a ...

, land agent for the frueles of Aldenhoor in

Haelen Haelen (; li, Hale) is a town in the south-eastern Netherlands. History The village was first mentioned in 1224 as "Gregorio (de) Haele", and means "bend of the highland". Haelen developed along the Haelense Beek. It used to belong to the Coun ...

(1845–1853), while in this function his interest for history grow. His first historical account is the work titled ''Het Markgraafschap Hoensbroek'' (1859) (''The Marquessship Hoensbroek'') after that he wrote two books of considerable thickness ''Geschiedenis van het tegenwoordige hertogdom Limburg'' (1865) (''History of the current dutches of Limburg''). In 1863 he was one of the founders of the historical society of Limburg (''Provenciaal genootschap voor gescheidenis en Oudheidskunde''). He is also the designer of the Hoensbroek

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. 1820 births 1882 deaths People from Heerlen 19th-century Dutch historians {{Netherlands-bio-stub