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Plombières
Plombières (; or ''Bleiberg'', ; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On 1 January 2006, Plombières had a total population of 10,401. The total area is 53.17 km2 which gives a population density of 200 inhabitants per km2. The municipality consists of the following districts: Gemmenich, Hombourg, Montzen, Moresnet, and Sippenaeken. The local language is Low Dietsch, a bridge dialect between East Limburgish Limburgish ( or ; ; also Limburgian, Limburgic or Limburgan) refers to a group of South Low Franconian Variety (linguistics), varieties spoken in Belgium and the Netherlands, characterized by their distance to, and limited participation ... and Ripuarian. Gallery Image:Sippenaeken, dorpszicht foto8 2011-03-25 11.35.JPG, Sippenaeken, view to the village Image:Beusdael Castle (2).jpg, Beusdael Castle in Sippenaeken Image:Gemmenich, straatzicht foto3 2011-03-25 11.07.JPG, Gemmenich street Image:Gemmenich, é ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Protected Heritage Sites In Plombières
This table shows an overview of the beschermd erfgoed, protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Plombières. This list is part of Belgium's National Heritage Site (Belgium), national heritage. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Liège (province) * Plombières References * Belgian heritage register: Direction générale opérationnelle - Aménagement du territoire, Logement, Patrimoine et Energie (DGwww.dglive.be {{DEFAULTSORT:List of protected heritage sites in Plombieres Lists of protected heritage sites in Liège Province, Plombieres Plombières ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plombières Agreement
The Plombières Agreement (, ) of 21 July 1858 was a secret verbal agreement which took place at Plombières-les-Bains between the chief minister of Kingdom of Sardinia, Piedmont-Sardinia, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, and the Emperor of the French, French Emperor, Napoleon III. Some older English sources refer to it as the Treaty of Plombières. In modern times, it is merely referred to as an "agreement", since nothing was signed. Based on limited available evidence, there have been disputes on the details of what was agreed upon at the meeting, but as years passed it became apparent that the agreement had opened the way for the , on 28 January 1859, and for the Second Italian War of Independence that became a vital step towards Italian unification, which was achieved within a decade of the agreement. The Plombières Agreement was an agreement concerning a future war in which Second French Empire, France and Kingdom of Sardinia, Piedmont would ally themselves against Austri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plombières-les-Bains
Plombières-les-Bains () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in eastern France. It was the seat of the former canton of Plombières-les-Bains. ''Les bains'' refers to the hot springs in the area, whose properties were first discovered by the Romans. In succeeding centuries, its baths were visited by Montaigne, Voltaire, the Dukes of Guise, the Dukes of Lorraine, Beaumarchais, Napoleon Bonaparte, Joséphine de Beauharnais, Charles XIV John, Napoléon III, Berlioz, Lamartine and Alfred de Musset. It is still a spa town with many buildings from the Second French Empire including the Church Saint Amé built with the financial support of Napoléon III. Plombières Agreement The "Pavilion of the Princes" at Plombières, was renamed following the meeting on 21 July 1858 between Napoleon III and Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, who secretly negotiated the “Plombières Agreement” as they sat alone together in a small horse-drawn carriage slowly progressing round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plombières
Plombières (; or ''Bleiberg'', ; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On 1 January 2006, Plombières had a total population of 10,401. The total area is 53.17 km2 which gives a population density of 200 inhabitants per km2. The municipality consists of the following districts: Gemmenich, Hombourg, Montzen, Moresnet, and Sippenaeken. The local language is Low Dietsch, a bridge dialect between East Limburgish Limburgish ( or ; ; also Limburgian, Limburgic or Limburgan) refers to a group of South Low Franconian Variety (linguistics), varieties spoken in Belgium and the Netherlands, characterized by their distance to, and limited participation ... and Ripuarian. Gallery Image:Sippenaeken, dorpszicht foto8 2011-03-25 11.35.JPG, Sippenaeken, view to the village Image:Beusdael Castle (2).jpg, Beusdael Castle in Sippenaeken Image:Gemmenich, straatzicht foto3 2011-03-25 11.07.JPG, Gemmenich street Image:Gemmenich, é ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hombourg, Belgium
Hombourg (; ; ; ; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Plombières, located in the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. History Origins The existence of Hombourg is first recorded in 1070, as the settlement of "Hunborc". As early as 1124, the chapter of St Peter's Church, Liège, St. Peter's Collegiate Church in Liège owned property in Homburg ("Homborgh") and established a court of justice. Duchy of Limburg Homburg was part of the Duchy of Limburg. In 1286, the castle of Vilhenru (now Vieljaeren) was destroyed by John I, Duke of Brabant, Duke John I of Duchy of Brabant, Brabant as part of the war of succession of the Duchy of Limburg which he seized after the Battle of Worringen in 1288. The parish of Homburg was created from the earlier parish of Voeren, Teuven; the Church (building), church building at Homburg dates from the 13th century, but records demonstrate the existence of the parish before that time. The ''seigneurie hautain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moresnet (village)
Moresnet is a village and sub-municipality of Plombières in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. It was originally a German speaking village. Nowadays French is the official language. History Originally there were two villages in the area: Moresnet and Kelmis. In 1794, the area was conquered by Napoleon, and the villages became part of the Moresnet municipality. In 1806, Jean-Jacques Dony received permission to look for zinc. Dony founded the Vieille Montagne mine in the municipality, and became Europe's largest producer of zinc. In 1815, after the defeat of Napoleon, the borders of Europe were redrawn at the Congress of Vienna. The United Kingdom of the Netherlands and Kingdom of Prussia could not reach an agreement about the ownership of the zinc mine. In 1816, a compromise was reached at the : the village of Moresnet was awarded to the Netherlands, Kelmis and the zinc mine became Neutral Moresnet, a Dutch–Prussian condominium, and the remainder was awarded to Prussia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viaduct Of Moresnet
The Viaduct of Moresnet, also known as the Geul Valley bridge is a railway bridge above and on the southern side of the village of Moresnet (village), Moresnet, within the municipality of Plombières, Province of Liège, close to the three-way Belgian frontier with Germany and the Netherlands. The bridge crosses the Geul Valley. It is a Truss bridge with a maximum height above the valley floor of around and a length of . Viewed from a horizontal plane the railway line at this point has a gradient of 1.8‰. Viewed from above, approximately a quarter of the bridge is on a slight bend: this has a radius of The Geul Valley bridge was built during the First World War, at a time when, German invasion of Belgium (1914), since 1914, Belgium had been under German occupation of Belgium during World War I, German military occupation. It was built to support the strategic objective of being able to move troops and artillery rapidly between Aachen and Antwerp. More recently, by the 1990s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulpen-Wittem
Gulpen-Wittem (; ) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands (in the province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg) with inhabitants as of . Gulpen-Wittem came into being after the merger of the municipalities Gulpen and Wittem. This took place after a request of both municipalities. At the time of the merger, both municipalities had about 8000 inhabitants, although Wittem was bigger than Gulpen. The town hall was situated in Gulpen, and has kept its function as town hall in the new municipality. The former town hall of Wittem was situated in a manor house in Mechelen, Netherlands, Mechelen since 1986, which is now being used as a "nursing hostel". The municipality is rural, with many castles, half-timbered houses and old monumental farms. Yearly, Gulpen-Wittem attracts many tourists from the entire country because of its relatively sloping landscape, especially during the summer. Population centres Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Gulpen-Witte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voeren
Voeren (; ) is a Flanders, Flemish Dutch language, Dutch-speaking Municipalities of Belgium, municipality with Municipalities with language facilities, facilities for the Walloons, French-speaking minority, located in the Belgium, Belgian province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg. Bordering the Netherlands to the north and the Wallonia region's Liège Province () to the south, it is geographically detached from the rest of Flanders, making Voeren an Enclave and exclave, exclave of Flanders. Voeren's name is derived from that of a small right-bank tributary of the Meuse, the Voer, which flows through the municipality. The current municipality of Voeren was established by the municipal reform of 1977. On 1 January 2008, Voeren had a total population of 4,207. Its total area is , giving a population density of . About 25% of the population is made up of foreign nationals, most of whom have Dutch people, Dutch nationality. Villages The municipality consists of the six villages of 's-G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aubel
Aubel (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 4,082 inhabitants. The total area is 18.83 km2, giving a population density of 217 inhabitants per km2. The Val-Dieu Abbey is located in the municipality, as is the Siroperie Meurens maker of sirop de Liège. Market Aubel is famous for its regional products, these include: cheese, syrup, cider and beer. The market is active on Tuesdays and Sundays. It was very famous in the past and has been continually active since 1630. In the past, people came from far away to sell and buy products. Especially the cheese from Aubel is very famous. It is protected as a Herve cheese by a European qualification. Twin/Sister Towns * Vernantes, France Gallery File:Aubel Val Dieu 050623 (2).JPG, Val-Dieu Abbey Val-Dieu Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in Wallonia in the Berwinne valley near Aubel in the Pays de Herve ( province of Liège, Belgium). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welkenraedt
Welkenraedt (; Ripuarian: ; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2018, Welkenraedt had a total population of 9,920. The total area is 24.47 km2 which gives a population density of 405 inhabitants per km2. The municipality consists of the following districts: Henri-Chapelle and Welkenraedt. American Cemetery and Memorial The town and former municipality of Henri-Chapelle is home to the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial which contains the graves of 7,992 members of the American military who died in World War II. Gallery Image:Welkenraedt - Gemeindehaus.jpg, Town hall Image:Welkenraedt, kerk foto2 2011-09-26 15.38.JPG, Church Twin towns * Nove, Italy * Epfig, France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lontzen
Lontzen () is a municipality located in East Belgium. On January 1, 2018 Lontzen had a total population of 5,695. The total area is 28.73 km2 which gives a population density of 198 inhabitants per km2. The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Lontzen proper, Herbesthal, and Walhorn. In the 19th century, a Low Franconian In historical linguistics, historical and comparative linguistics, Low Franconian is a linguistic category used to classify a number of historical and contemporary West Germanic languages, West Germanic Variety (linguistics), varieties closely r ... dialect was widely spoken in Lontzen. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Lontzen References External links * Official web page {{Liege-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
