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Eliksem is a village located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. It is part of the municipality of
Landen Landen () is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the city of Landen proper and the villages of Attenhoven, Eliksem, Ezemaal, Laar, Neerlanden, Neerwinden, Overwinden, Rumsdorp, Wa ...
. The village is known for the
Battle of Elixheim The Battle of Elixheim, 18 July 1705, also known as the Passage of the Lines of Brabant was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. The Duke of Marlborough successfully broke through the French Lines of Brabant, an arc of defensive fieldwo ...
, where the word ''Elixheim'' is an 18th-century English/French transformation of ''Eliksem''. Populated places in Flemish Brabant Landen {{FlemishBrabant-geo-stub