Dendermonde (; french: Termonde, ) is a city in the
Flemish
Flemish (''Vlaams'') is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (), Belgian Dutch ( ), or Southern Dutch (). Flemish is native to Flanders, a historical region in northern Belgium; ...
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
of
East Flanders
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, settlement_type = Province of Belgium
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in
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
. The
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
comprises the city of Dendermonde and the towns of
Appels
Dendermonde (; french: Termonde, ) is a city in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Dendermonde and the towns of Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, Mespelare, Oudegem, Schoonaarde, and Sint-Gillis-b ...
,
Baasrode
Dendermonde (; french: Termonde, ) is a city in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Dendermonde and the towns of Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, Mespelare, Oudegem, Schoonaarde, and Sint-Gillis-b ...
,
Grembergen
Grembergen (French: ''Grembergen-lez-Termonde'') is a town in the municipality of Dendermonde in the Denderstreek in the province of East Flanders in Belgium. It is often confused with the municipality of Grimbergen in the province of Flemish Brab ...
,
Mespelare
Dendermonde (; french: Termonde, ) is a city in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Dendermonde and the towns of Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, Mespelare, Oudegem, Schoonaarde, and Sint-Gilli ...
,
Oudegem
Dendermonde (; french: Termonde, ) is a city in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Dendermonde and the towns of Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, Mespelare, Oudegem, Schoonaarde, and Sint-Gillis-b ...
,
Schoonaarde
Dendermonde (; french: Termonde, ) is a city in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Dendermonde and the towns of Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, Mespelare, Oudegem, Schoonaarde, and Sint-Gillis-b ...
, and
Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde
Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde (french: Saint-Gilles-lez-Termonde) is a part of the municipality of Dendermonde in the Denderstreek in East Flanders in Belgium, a typical agricultural village in the Dendervallei near the junction of the railroads to ...
. Dendermonde is at the mouth of the river
Dender
The Dender (Dutch, ) or Dendre ( French, ) is a 65-kilometre (40 mi) long river in Belgium, the right tributary of the river Scheldt. The confluence of the two rivers is in the Belgian town of Dendermonde.
The Western or Little Dender is 22 kilome ...
, where it flows into the
Scheldt
The Scheldt (french: Escaut ; nl, Schelde ) is a river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of Netherlands, the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea. Its name is derived from an adjective corr ...
. The town has a long-standing folkloric feud with
Aalst, south along the same river, which dates from the Middle Ages.
The city is an administrative, commercial, educational, and medical centre for the surrounding region. The current mayor of Dendermonde is
Piet Buyse
Piet may refer to:
People
*Piet (given name), a common name in the Netherlands and South Africa
*Henri Piet (1888–1915), French lightweight boxer
*Tony Piet (1906–1981), American Major League Baseball player
Schools
*Purushottam Institute of ...
(
Christian Democratic and Flemish
Christian Democratic and Flemish (, , CD&V) is a Flemish Christian-democratic political party in Belgium. The party has historical ties to both trade unionism ( ACV) and trade associations (UNIZO) and the Farmer's League. Until 2001, the party wa ...
).
History
Origins to the 15th century
Some interesting
La Tène artifacts were found in Appels, proof that this region of the
Scheldt
The Scheldt (french: Escaut ; nl, Schelde ) is a river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of Netherlands, the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea. Its name is derived from an adjective corr ...
was inhabited in prehistory. Grave sites from the 2nd and 6th century also attest to dense settlement in
Gallo-Roman
Gallo-Roman culture was a consequence of the Romanization of Gauls under the rule of the Roman Empire. It was characterized by the Gaulish adoption or adaptation of Roman culture, language, morals and way of life in a uniquely Gaulish context ...
and
Merovingian
The Merovingian dynasty () was the ruling family of the Franks from the middle of the 5th century until 751. They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul. By 509 they had united all the Franks and northern Gauli ...
times. In 843, the
Treaty of Verdun
The Treaty of Verdun (), agreed in , divided the Francia, Frankish Empire into three kingdoms among the surviving sons of the emperor Louis the Pious, Louis I, the son and successor of Charlemagne. The treaty was concluded following almost three ...
placed Dendermonde in
Lotharingia
Lotharingia ( la, regnum Lotharii regnum Lothariense Lotharingia; french: Lotharingie; german: Reich des Lothar Lotharingien Mittelreich; nl, Lotharingen) was a short-lived medieval successor kingdom of the Carolingian Empire. As a more durable ...
. After the
Norman
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
invasions of 883, however,
Baldwin II took over the region and incorporated it into the
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
part of the newly founded
County of Flanders
The County of Flanders was a historic territory in the Low Countries.
From 862 onwards, the counts of Flanders were among the original twelve peers of the Kingdom of France. For centuries, their estates around the cities of Ghent, Bruges and Ypr ...
.
Otto II
Otto II (955 – 7 December 983), called the Red (''der Rote''), was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto II was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy. ...
built a fort here in the 10th century, encouraging further settlements in the area. The town received its city
charter
A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty), and that the rec ...
in 1233 and grew quickly after that, thanks to a thriving cloth industry. Several cloisters, chapels and churches, and a fortified defensive wall were built as well. A cloth hall and belfry were erected on the market square in the mid 14th century. The town's prosperity, however, gave rise to severe competition with cities such as
Ghent
Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in ...
and to occasional attacks and plunders by neighbours. In 1384, the whole area came under the control of the Valois dukes of
Burgundy
Burgundy (; french: link=no, Bourgogne ) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. The c ...
.
16th to 20th century
![Belgium 1920 124 Dendermonde](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Belgium_1920_124_Dendermonde.jpg)
The 16th century saw a decline in Dendermonde's fortunes. In 1572 Dendermonde was conquered by
William the Silent
William the Silent (24 April 153310 July 1584), also known as William the Taciturn (translated from nl, Willem de Zwijger), or, more commonly in the Netherlands, William of Orange ( nl, Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch Re ...
.
The same year however
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
troops under Duke
Alexander Farnese Alessandro Farnese may refer to:
* Pope Paul III (1468–1549), Roman Catholic Bishop of Rome
*Alessandro Farnese (cardinal) (1520–1589), Paul's grandson, Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal-nephew
* Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545–1592), ...
of
Parma
Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...
, took over the city, looted and mostly destroyed it. A decade later, the Spaniards built their own fortress between the Dender and the Scheldt. In 1667, it was France's turn, under
Louis XIV
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, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of Vers ...
, to advance on the city, but they were turned back when the defenders opened the dikes and flooded the countryside.
The allied troops of the
Netherlands
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, established_title = Before independence
, established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
and
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
, under the
Duke of Marlborough
General (United Kingdom), General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) was an Engl ...
, caused the heaviest damage in 1706. The city was then fortified by the
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
ns against further French ambitions. After a last siege by
Louis XV
Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reache ...
, the city could finally breathe to the point that the fortifications were dismantled a few decades later.
The second half of the 18th century was generally prosperous, with the advent of the
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820–1840. This transition included going f ...
and a local
cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus ''Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor perce ...
industry. After 1800, the port facilities were modernized and the first railways were laid down, allowing other industries (oil, shoe, leather…) to move in.
The onset of
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
in September 1914 was disastrous for the city as more than half of its housing and the city archives were either bombed or burned down.
21st century
On August 19, 2006, 28 prisoners managed to escape Dendermonde prison. Seven of them were captured within hours. A few were later found in Italy and Russia. They managed to escape because the lock was old and rusty. They simply walked away, tied all their sheets together, climbed over the wall, jumped on a phone booth and ran away.
On 23 January 2009, a 20-year-old Flemish man named Kim De Gelder
attacked a children's daycare centre in the village of
Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde
Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde (french: Saint-Gilles-lez-Termonde) is a part of the municipality of Dendermonde in the Denderstreek in East Flanders in Belgium, a typical agricultural village in the Dendervallei near the junction of the railroads to ...
, stabbing three people to death and wounding as many as twenty. One of the school teachers and two babies, aged 8 and 9 months, died in the attack. Italian singer
Luciano Ligabue
Luciano Riccardo Ligabue (born 13 March 1960), commonly known as Ligabue or Liga, is an Italian singer-songwriter, film director and writer.
Biography
Ligabue was born in Correggio, in the province of Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna
egl, Emig ...
dedicated a song to the victims: , in his 2010 album, .
Main sights
*The central market square (''Grote Markt'')
*The Town Hall, housing an art collection
*The Butcher's Hall (Dutch: Vleeshuismuseum), a museum with an archeological and historical collection. From the prehistory of the region to the 21st century
*The Church of Our Lady (Dutch: Onze Lieve-Vrouwekerk) with two paintings by
Anthony van Dyck
Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Brabantian Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy.
The seventh c ...
*The
béguinage
A beguinage, from the French term ''béguinage'', is an architectural complex which was created to house beguines: lay religious women who lived in community without taking vows or retiring from the world.
Originally the beguine institution was ...
is a
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...
World Heritage Site
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for h ...
since 1998.
*The
city hall and belfry have also been designated a World Heritage Site since 1999.
The belfry houses a
carillon
A carillon ( , ) is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 cast-bronze bells. The bells are hung in fixed suspension and tuned in chromatic order so that they can be sounded harmoniou ...
and was formerly part of the Cloth Hall.
*The
Dendermonde Abbey
Dendermonde Abbey or the Abbey of Saints Peter and Paul (founded 1837) is a Benedictine monastery in Dendermonde (Belgium), which played a role in the Liturgical Movement in Belgium.
History
In 1837, under the leadership of Dom Veremundus D’Hae ...
, a
Benedictine
, image = Medalla San Benito.PNG
, caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal
, abbreviation = OSB
, formation =
, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
abbey famous for its library containing an original manuscript of
Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen (german: Hildegard von Bingen; la, Hildegardis Bingensis; 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher ...
, called the '
Dendermonde Codex'.
*The
Dendermonde-Puurs Steam Railway is a
heritage railway
A heritage railway or heritage railroad (US usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) i ...
, running from Dendermonde to
Puurs
Puurs () is a former municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. It is located in the Flemish Region. The municipality comprised the towns of Breendonk, Liezele, , Ruisbroek (old spelling: ''Ruysbroeck'') and Puurs proper. There is ...
.
*
Jazz Center Flanders, archive, documentation center and museum
[Muziekcentrum Vlaanderen]
Jazz Centrum Vlaanderen
File:Begijnhof1.jpg, Dendermonde beguinage
Image:Dendermonde, torengebouw op de Grote Markt met panden foto5 2010-10-09 14.56.JPG, Monumental building: het Vleeshuis
Image:Dendermonde,_stadhuis_en_monumentale_panden_op_Grote_Markt_foto2_2010-10-09_14.59.jpg, Market square with pubs and town hall
File:BrusselsePoort.JPG, Brussels Gate
File:Dendermonde OLV kerkbaptismal font 01.JPG, Tournai font
Tournai fonts are a type of baptismal font made from blue black limestone during the 12th and early 13th centuries in and around the Belgian town of Tournai by local masons. There are seven complete examples in England and a disputed number in ...
in the Onze Lieve-Vrouwekerk
Gerechtsgebouw, Dendermonde (DSCF0521).jpg, The courthouse
File:Belgium_-_Dendermonde_-_Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk_-_02.jpg, The Church of Our Lady (Onze Lieve-Vrouwekerk)
Events
Dendermonde likes to be known for its decennial procession, featuring the heroic horse:
Ros Beiaard. Legend has this horse saving his master and his three brothers from capture by
Charlemagne
Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first Holy ...
. The annual Parade of the three Giants of the Guilds Indian, Mars and Goliath, have the title of
Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
The Proclamation of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity was made by the Director-General of UNESCO starting in 2001 to raise awareness of intangible cultural heritage and encourage local communities to protect them and t ...
by
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...
. This parade takes place on the last Thursday of August.
Sport
Dendermonde is home to
Rugby Union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
club
Dendermondse RC, champions of the
Belgian Elite League
The Belgian Elite League is the top flight men's competition for rugby union in Belgium.
Teams
As of the 2018/19 season The Elite League has eight teams:
* ASUB Waterloo
* Boitsfort RC
* Kituro Schaarbeek RC
* RC Frameries
* Dendermonde Rug ...
in the 2011/12 season.
People
*
Vanessa Chinitor
Vanessa Chinitor (born 13 October 1976, Dendermonde, East Flanders) is a Belgian singer, best known outside Belgium for her participation in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest.
Early career
In 1996, Chinitor was a finalist in the VTM talent sho ...
(born 1976), singer, born in Dendermonde
*
Rosiana Coleners, poetess (c.1500–second half of the 16th century)
*
Franz Courtens
Baron Franciscus Eduardus Maria (Franz) Courtens (1854–1943) was a Belgian painter.
He was a leading figure in the Dendermonde School, famous for his paintings of nature and landscapes. An essay on him by Fernand Khnopff was published in '' T ...
(1854–1943), painter, born in Dendermonde
*
Laurens De Bock (born 1992), footballer
*
Polydore de Keyser, Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London in 1887
*
Alwin de Prins
Alwin de Prins (born 29 October 1978) is a former competitive swimmer who represented Luxembourg. Born in Dendermonde, Belgium, he first represented Luxembourg in 1995 at the European Championships in Vienna.
He swam in the 50 metre, 100 metre a ...
(born 1978), competitive swimmer
*
Pierre-Jean De Smet
Pierre-Jean De Smet, SJ ( ; 30 January 1801 – 23 May 1873), also known as Pieter-Jan De Smet, was a Flemish Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). He is known primarily for his widespread missionary work in the mid-19th ...
(1801–1873), missionary among Native Americans
*
Geert De Vlieger
Geert De Vlieger (; born 16 October 1971) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career
De Vlieger was born in Dendermonde. He started his career in his home country playing for Anderlecht and Beveren before mo ...
(born 1971),
Belgian international
The Belgian International is an international badminton open tournament, held since 1958 but in irregular periods.
Since 2005, Yonex has become title sponsor of the event, which also become an International Challenge tournament within the Badminto ...
soccer player
*
Jan De Vos (1844–1923), mayor of
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
*
Philippe Geubels
Philippe Geubels (born 15 April 1981) is a Flemish stand-up comedian.
Career
From 2009 till 2018 he was one of the jury members in the ''De Slimste Mens ter Wereld'' television quiz show. In 2019, he also appeared as contestant on the show.
...
(born 1981), stand-up comedian
*
Emmanuel Hiel
Emmanuel Hiel (30 May 183427 August 1899), was a Flemish-Dutch poet and prose writer.
Hiel was born at Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde. During his life he held various jobs, from teacher and government official to journalist and bookseller, busily wr ...
, poet and prose writer (1834–1899)
*
Thomas Kaminski
Thomas Kaminski (born 23 October 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Blackburn Rovers.
Club career
Germinal Beerschot
Kaminski debuted in the Belgian top league for Germinal Beerschot in May 2009. ...
Belgian international
The Belgian International is an international badminton open tournament, held since 1958 but in irregular periods.
Since 2005, Yonex has become title sponsor of the event, which also become an International Challenge tournament within the Badminto ...
goalkeeper
*
Kim Kay
Kim Van Hee (born 22 February 1978), better known by her stage name Kim Kay or Daphne is a Belgian pop/rock singer. She is Flemish, though she is known for delivering vocals in French. Kay took part in the Belgian preselection of the 2002 Eurov ...
(pseudonym of Kim Van Hee) (born 1978), Belgian singer, born in Dendermonde
*
Willem Kerricx, sculptor (1652–1719)
*
Fernand Khnopff
Fernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff (12 September 1858 – 12 November 1921) was a Belgian symbolist painter.
Life Youth and training
Fernand Khnopff was born to a wealthy family that was part of the high bourgeoisie for generations. Khnopf ...
, painter (1858–1921)
*
Clément Loret (1833–1909), organist and composer, naturalized French
*
Caroline Maes
Caroline Maes (born 9 November 1982) is a former Belgian tennis player.
Maes has been active in the singles game since 1997 and doubles since 1999. The highest place she ever achieved in the WTA rankings in singles is 151st on 28 May 2007. In dou ...
(born 1982), tennis player
*
Johannes Ockeghem
Johannes Ockeghem ( – 6 February 1497) was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of early Renaissance music. Ockeghem was the most influential European composer in the period between Guillaume Du Fay and Josquin des Prez, and he was—with his ...
(c. 1410–1497), composer, said to be born in Dendermonde
*
Bob Straetman (born 1997), footballer
*
Ivo Van Damme
Ivo Van Damme (21 February 1954 – 29 December 1976) was a Belgian middle-distance runner.
Van Damme played football until he was 16, but then switched to athletics. His breakthrough came in 1973, when he placed fourth in the 800 m at th ...
(1954–1976), middle distance runner
*
James Oliver Van de Velde
James Oliver Van de Velde (April 3, 1795 – November 13, 1855) was a U.S. Catholic bishop born in Belgium. He served as the second Roman Catholic Bishop of Chicago between 1849 and 1853. He traveled to Rome in 1852 and petitioned the Pope for a ...
(1795–1855), bishop of
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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and, later, of Mississippi
*
Pat Van Den Hauwe (born 1960),
Welsh international
The Welsh International is an international badminton championship held in Wales since 1928 and is thereby one of the oldest badminton tournaments in the world. The tournament was halted during World War II and until 1956, between 1960 and 1966, a ...
soccer player
*
Michael Pauluzen Van der Voort (c. 1615–1690), early resident of
New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam ( nl, Nieuw Amsterdam, or ) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The initial trading ''factory'' gave rise ...
*
Annelies Verbeke (born 1976), author
*
Frans Verhas (c. 1827c. 1897), painter
*
Jan Verhas (1834–1886), painter
*
Dirk Verhofstadt
Dirk Verhofstadt (born 25 August 1955 in Dendermonde) is a Belgian social liberal ( Rawlsian) theorist and younger brother of former Belgian Prime Minister and former ALDE European Parliament Leader Guy Verhofstadt. He has a keen interest in ...
(born 1955), political scientist, born and raised in Dendermonde, brother of Guy Verhofstadt
*
Guy Verhofstadt
Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt (; ; born 11 April 1953) is a Belgian politician who was the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 2009 to 2019, and has been a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Belgium ...
(born 1953), former Belgian prime minister, born and raised in Dendermonde, brother of Dirk Verhofstadt
*
Remi Vermeiren
Remi Vermeiren (born 23 February 1940 in Dendermonde) is a Belgian banker and businessman.
Education
He went to high school at the Royal Athenaeum of Dendermonde and graduated as licentiate in commercial and financial sciences at the Hoger institu ...
(born 1940), businessman, born in Dendermonde
*
Cornelis Columbanus Vrancx, writer (1529–1615)
Twin cities
*
Geldrop
Geldrop is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is in the municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo, around 5 km east of Eindhoven city centre.
Geldrop was a separate municipality until 2004, when it merged with Mierlo.
Geldrop is noted ...
,
Netherlands
)
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, subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands
, established_title = Before independence
, established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
*
Nienburg,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
*
Blagoevgrad
Blagoevgrad ( bg, Благоевград ) is а town in Southwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Blagoevgrad Municipality and of Blagoevgrad Province. With a population of almost inhabitants, it is the economic and cultural centre ...
,
Bulgaria
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See also
*
Inverted Dendermonde
The Inverted Dendermonde is a Belgian postage stamp, issued in 1920.
Its catalogue number is:
*124F ( Michel catalog).
*139a (Scott catalog).
*182A ( Yvert catalog)
*182A-Dr ( Officiële Postzegelcatalogus van België)
Background
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, the most valuable Belgian stamp
References
External links
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* - only available in
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
Youth community site for Dendermonde- only available in Dutch
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Municipalities of East Flanders
Populated places in East Flanders
World Heritage Sites in Belgium