Duisburg () is a village in

Flemish Brabant Flemish Brabant ( ; ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also ...

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

. It should not be confused with the German city of

Duisburg Duisburg (; , ) is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine (Lower Rhine) and the Ruhr (river), Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruh ...

. Duisburg is a part of the municipality of Tervuren that comprises the villages of Duisburg,

Tervuren Tervuren (; ) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality comprises the villages of Duisburg, Tervuren proper, Vossem and Moorsel. On 1 January 2006, Tervuren had a total population o ...

, Vossem and

Moorsel Moorsel is a village in the Denderstreek in the province East Flanders in Belgium, a ''deelgemeente'' of the city of Aalst. The village belongs to a league of neighbouring villages, which call themselves the ''Faluintjesgemeenten''. Moorsel is t ...

History

On 1 January 1977, Duisburg became part of the municipality of

after the fusion of Belgian municipalities. It had been an independent municipality.

Culture

There is a church dedicated to Saint Catherine, the ''Sint-Katharinakerk'', in the centre of Duisburg. Duisburg is also famous in the region for their annual hosting of the Hallocoween festival near the centre. Duisburg Tervuren church B.jpg, Sint-Katharinakerk, Duisburg TwoWaterTowersInDuisburg.jpg, Twin water towers in Duisburg

References

Populated places in Flemish Brabant Tervuren {{FlemishBrabant-geo-stub