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Huldenberg
Huldenberg () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns and villages of Huldenberg proper, Loonbeek, , Ottenburg and Sint-Agatha-Rode. On January 1, 2011, Huldenberg had a total population of 9,464. The total area is 39.64 km² which gives a population density of 230 inhabitants per km². It is the seat of the Belgian branch of the House of Limburg-Stirum. It has a football club called VK Huldenberg, which was created from a fusion of the clubs FC Huldenberg and VK Rode. Every Tuesday there is a market from 8h - 13h. This market is located at the Gemeenteplein, near town hall. At the end of WW II, Mary Churchill, daughter of the British prime minister, was a member of a British all-women anti-aircraft battery 481 that was stationed at Huldenberg for three months. She was entertained by the then burgomaster of Huldenberg, Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum and his wife Marie, ''née'' Princess of Croÿ. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sint-Agatha-Rode
Sint-Agatha-Rode, named after the third-century Christian martyr Saint Agatha of Sicily, is a Dutch-speaking village in Belgian province of Flemish Brabant and lies within the district of the town of Huldenberg. Historically Sint-Agatha-Rode was an independent municipality (Gemeente) until the merger of Belgian municipalities in 1977 when it was joined to the town of Huldenberg. Sint-Agatha-Rode is located east of the town centre of Huldenberg, in the hills between the valleys of the river Dijle which is the eastern boundary of the Huldenberg district and the river Laan which is the western boundary. North of the town center of Sint Agatha-Rode the Laan joins the Dyle. The eastern boundary of the village is the language barrier with the Walloon villages of Nethen and Pecrot and to the south is the Flemish village of Ottenburg. Sint-Agatha-Rode has developed from being an agricultural village to become a rural residential town. Attractions * The village of St. Agatha-Rode was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottenburg
Ottenburg is a village in the municipality of Huldenberg in the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium, close to the language border.Jozef Spae, ''Mandarijn Paul Splingaerd'', Koninklijke Academie voor Overzeese Wetenschappen, Verhandelingen van de Klasse voor Morele en Politieke Wetenschappen, vol. 49-1, 1986, p. 9online version The prehistoric earthwork, a long barrow known as de Tomme, is located here, identified in 2021 by archaeologists as the oldest such monument known in the Low Countries. During the period of History_of_Belgium#French_control, French occupation (1795–1815), Ottenburg was known as Ottenbourg and was in the department of the Dyle (department), Dyle.Oudiette, Charles (an VII) [1798/99]: "Ottenbourg" in ''Le département de la Dyle ou première partie du dictionnaire géographique et topographique des neuf départements de la Belgique'', p. 137. Bruxelles: Armand Gaborriaonline version Paul Splingaerd (1842–1906), who became a Mandarin (bureaucr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
