Haltinne ( wa, Altene) is a village of
Wallonia and a district of the municipality of
Gesves, located in the
province of Namur,
Belgium.
A small settlement existed here already during the
Roman Empire. During the
Middle Ages, the village formed a small
fiefdom. In 1914, German artillery was positioned in the village during the
siege of Namur in 1914, and during the ensuing German occupation 121 men from the village were deported to Germany in 1916 as part of the
Rape of Belgium.
The
château, , originated as a medieval fortified house and was rebuilt on a larger scale in 1644.
[
The hamlet of ]Strud
Strud is a hamlet of the village of Haltinne, Wallonia, located in the municipality of Gesves, province of Namur, Belgium
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is part of the village.
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Former municipalities of Namur (province)