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Hamme
Hamme () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the settlements of Hamme proper, Kastel Moerzeke, and . In 2018, Hamme had a total population of 24,827. The total area is 40.21 km². The current mayor of Hamme is Herman Vijt, from the CD&V (Christian Democratic) party. Folklore Hamme also has its own legends, most famously that of the "Hamse Wuiten". The people of Hamme are also called ''Hamse Wuitens''. The "Hamse wuiten" is also the main mascot in a street parade at the end of March every year. The inhabitants dress up and build big trucks with giant puppets, making fun of local and national politicians and scandals. Sport In 1967 Hamme born Ferdinand Bracke was voted Belgian Sportsman of the Year (the first in history to receive this award) and was also awarded the Belgian Sports Merit Award The 6th stage of the X²O Badkamers Trophy 2023–24 UCI Cyclo-cross season was held at H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Brusselmans
Herman Frans Martha Brusselmans (; born 9 October 1957) is a Belgian novelist, poet, playwright and columnist. He lives in Ghent. He is one of the best-selling authors in Flanders, but controversial at the same time for his profane language and offensive comedy. Life and career Herman Brusselmans studied Germanic philology at the University of Ghent. In his early twenties he was a football player. He played as a left winger for Vigor Hamme and Sporting Lokeren. He now has his own football team called "De Woody's", after his late dog Woody. Brusselmans married Gloria Van Iddergem in 1981 but divorced from her ten years later. He married his second wife Tania De Metsenaere in 2005. Their relationship ended in 2010. In March 2016 he met his current girlfriend with whom he now lives together in his home in Gent. Although it's known her given name is Lena, her family name remains undisclosed up until this day. Their relationship generated a lot of media attention in Flandres becau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moerzeke
Moerzeke is a village located at the river Scheldt in the municipality of Hamme, Belgium. History The name comes from the Gallo-Roman ''Mauriciacum'', which means ''good or villa belonging to Mauricius''. In the passing ages the name Moerzeke has been written in various ways. In Latin manuscripts from 1125 and 1156 you can read ''Murzeke'' and ''Murceke'', in 1171 ''Morzeka'', in 1225 ''Morsca'', in 1259 and 1261 ''Morseke'', in 1330 ''Mourseka''. At the end of the sixteenth century Mercator indicates Moerzeke as ''Moeshe'' on his maps. This name is still used by the people of Moerzeke. The village has a history of disasters. In 1488 the castle of the lord of Moerzeke was ruined by troublemakers from Ghent. The church was plundered too, but the inhabitants of Moerzeke had moved the most valuable pieces of their church to Dendermonde. Reformation brought a lot of mayhem: half the parish got burned down and ravaged and even the church didn't escape this. From 1578 on the Catholic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristel Verbeke
Kristel Philemon Charlotte Verbeke (born 10 December 1975 in Hamme, Belgium, Hamme) is a Flemish people, Flemish singer, actress and host. She is known for being a member of the first K3 (band), K3 group, from 1998 until 2015. In 2015, she became the manager of the new K3, remaining in this position until 2017. Since then, Verbeke focused on TV producing and acting. Life and career Early life When Verbeke was 13, her parents divorced. She lived with her father but kept in touch with her mother. Her two sisters died in their youth. Her younger sister, Véronique died at home at age 11 due to carbon monoxide poisoning, and her older sister Isabelle died in a car accident at age 21. Her father died of lung cancer at the beginning of the K3 breakthrough. After completing secondary education, she studied to be a teacher ('':nl:Regent (onderwijs), regent'') for Dutch language, Dutch, history and economics. Before meeting the other two K3 members Karen Damen and Kathleen Aerts in 1998, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linde Merckpoel
Linde Merckpoel (born 17 October 1984) is a Belgian vlogger and radio presenter. She was a vlogger for the Flemish public television channel Eén and a radio presenter for the Flemish radio station Studio Brussel where she was a figurehead for years. Biography She was born in Hamme and grew up in Eksaare (Lokeren). Her career at VRT radio started in July 2007 at the VRT news service as a newsreader at Studio Brussel and Radio Donna. From September 2008 she became active at Studio Brussel as a radio presenter. In the fall of 2013 she had her own late evening program on Studio Brussel Studio Brussel is a Dutch-speaking radio station in Belgium, owned by the VRT. The music played is considered more alternative than the other big radio stations, and is aimed mainly at a youth audience. The channel is an initiative of the Fle ...: ''Linde Late Night'', airing between 10 pm and midnight. In December she was one of the three presenters of Music for Life 2013 ('' Music For Life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 UCI Cyclo-cross Season
The calendar for the 2023–2024 men's and women's cyclo-cross season includes cyclo-cross races starting on 19 August 2023, and ending in February 2024. The individual events are classified into five categories. The highest category includes the world cup events (CDM), which gives rise to a ranking. Behind them, we find the C1 and C2 category races, which award points are for the world ranking, then the races reserved for those under 23, also called hopes (category CU) and finally the races for juniors (category CJ) . There are also national championships (NC) which are organized in about thirty countries. Men Events September October November December January February 2023–24 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup 2023–24 Cyclo-cross Superprestige 2023–24 Cyclo-cross Trophy, 2023–24 X2O Badkamers Trofee 2023–24 Exact Cross Trophy 2023-24 UEC Cyclo Cross European Cup National Cups 2023 AusCycling CX National Series 2023–2024 Cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lippenbroek es along the Schelde. In this way, the Lippenbroek combines a safety function (protection agains ...
The Lippenbroek is a former polder in the Belgian freshwater part of the Schelde-estuary, currently functioning as a pilot project for the restoration of intertidal habitat in a densely populated estuary. The area of 10 ha, situated on the territory of the Belgian community of Hamme, started functioning as a flood control area (FCA) in March 2006. Through a construction of sluices, the area is in close contact with the river Schelde: water is flowing in at high tide, and out at low tide. The sluices are designed to obtain a water regime in the area, comparable to the one in natural mudflats and (freshwater) tidal marsh A tidal marsh (also known as a type of "tidal wetland") is a marsh found along rivers, coasts and estuaries which floods and drains by the tidal movement of the adjacent estuary, sea or ocean. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrus Vertenten
Petrus Vertenten (1884 – 1946) was a Belgian Missionary of the Sacred Heart in Dutch New Guinea. Vertenten lived and worked on the south coast of Dutch New Guinea from 1910 to 1925 among the Marind-anim, a Papuan people in the wider area of Merauke, and can be described as an authority on knowledge about them. Vertenten later spent time in Belgian Congo, making ethnological researches in all places he visited. He was also a painter and a draftsman, producing perhaps the first colored portraits of a Papuan culture. When the Marinds were risking extinction due to the spread of an imported venereal disease combined with their particular sexual practices, Vertenten repeatedly alerted the Dutch government in Merauke, and eventually got to speak to the governor-general in Batavia. He went down in history as "savior of the Kaja-Kaja's" and was appointed a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau for his efforts. Life and work He was born in Hamme on 3 October 1884, to Hendrik and Clemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Van Damme
Frans Van Damme (1858 – 1925) was a Belgian painter. Biography Frans Van Damme was born in Hamme on 19 July 1858.Burgerlijke stand Huwelijksakten - Vlaams-Brabant en Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, State Archives He is best known for his work as a marine painter. Until the age of 12 he attended primary school in Sint-Niklaas. He lived in Waasmunster in his youth. At the age of 27, in 1885, he became professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp, and in 1887 at the Royal Academy of Brussels. He won the Prix de Rome and was awarded gold medals in Tunis, Paris and Saint Petersburg, whose Hermitage Museum owns two of his works. Van Damme was a virtuoso and his work in keeping with the 19th-century tradition of Impressionist realism. He may be compared to Louis Artan. Within this emerging tradition he was nonetheless able to develop his own style. He had several residences and his work is very scattered. His life had a tragic end: his studio in Zeebrugge Zeebrugge (; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Bracke
Ferdinand Bracke (born 25 May 1939) is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist who is most famous for holding the World Hour Record (48.093 km) and winning the overall title at the 1971 Vuelta a España in front of Wilfried David of Belgium and Luis Ocaña of Spain. He also became world pursuit champion on the track in 1964 and 1969. Biography Bracke was born in Hamme East Flanders, Belgium, on 24 May 1939. A rouleur and time trialist, he emerged as an amateur in 1962 by winning the tenth stage of the Peace Race. In May of the same year he won the Grand Prix des Nations, a time trial race. He turned pro on 26 September 1962, joining the Peugeot-BP-Dunlop team headed by Gaston Plaud. In the following years he obtained numerous prestigious victories on road: he won the Trofeo Baracchi, together with Eddy Merckx, in 1966 and 1967, a stage in the 1966 Tour de France and the final time trial of the 1976 Tour de France. He finished in third place in the gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dendermonde
Dendermonde (; , ) is a city in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders in Belgium. The Municipalities of Belgium, municipality comprises the city of Dendermonde and the towns of Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, Mespelare, Oudegem, Schoonaarde, and Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde. Dendermonde is at the mouth of the river Dender, where it flows into the Scheldt. The town has a long-standing folkloric feud with Aalst, Belgium, 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 Leen Dierick (Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams, Christian Democratic and Flemish). History Origins to the 15th century The region of the Scheldt was inhabited in prehistory, as proven by some La Tène culture, La Tène artifacts found in Appels. Grave sites from the 2nd and 6th century also attest to dense settlement in Gallo- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benoît Van Uytvanck
Benoît Van Uytvanck (25 June 1857 – 6 November 1927) was a Belgian sculptor. Life and work Van Uytvanck was born on 25 June 1857 in Hamme, Belgium, Hamme, East Flanders, Belgium. He was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Bethune. He became a sculptor chiefly of religious subjects. Van Uytvanck also worked as a restorer of sculptures. As such he was most active in the churches in Leuven and Mechelen. His work was often discussed in the ''Bulletin des Métiers d'Art''. His style has been described as a "sober and less dogmatic interpretation of the Gothic Revival". In 1903 he completed an ornate tabernacle ('':nl:Sacramentstoren, Sacramentstoren'') in white stone, as well statues of Mary and Saint John and an altarpiece of Saint Anne in polychrome wood for the :nl:Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-over-de-Dijlekerk, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-over-de-Dijlekerk of Mechelen. In 1909 he completed a Neo-Gothic altarpiece of ''The Seven Sorrows of Our Lady'' for the same church. He had an atelier in Leuven, dealing mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaat Joos
Amaat Honoraat Joos (3 May 1855 in Hamme – 15 August 1937 in Ghent) was a Flemish priest and prelate who became well known as an educationalist, dialectologist and folklorist. Life Joos studied at St. Joseph Minor Seminary in Sint-Niklaas. There he was influenced by the superior Antoon Stillemans. After ordination to the priesthood in 1881 he became head of the diocesan normal school in Sint-Niklaas. He wrote important works on Flemish linguistics and promoted the use and formal teaching of Dutch in Catholic schools, himself compiling grammar textbooks for the purpose. He resigned from the normal school in 1915, becoming chaplain to an order of nursing sisters. Joos was a prolific contributor to the periodicals '' Het Belfort'' and '' Rond den Heerd'', and in 1899 he founded a short-lived monthly periodical of Flemish folklore, ''Vlaamsche Zanten'', stopping publication in 1901 for lack of funds. In 1900 he became a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Dutch language an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
