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Maldegem
Maldegem (; vls, Moaldegem), earlier spelled Maldeghem, is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Maldegem, Adegem and . and have always been separate hamlets of Maldegem. On 1 January 2018, Maldegem had a total population of 23,689. The total area is which gives a population density of 250 inhabitants per km². The Stoomcentrum Maldegem is located at the former NMBS railway station at Maldegem. World War II airfield An airfield established in 1939 near Maldegem was taken over by the invading German army in 1940 and used by the Luftwaffe. Seized by British Forces in September 1944, it was designated " Advanced Landing Ground B-65". Notable inhabitants * Joanna Courtmans (1811–1890), writer International relations Twin towns — Sister cities Maldegem is twinned with the following towns: * Adria, Italy * Świdnica, Poland * Ermont, France * Wierden, Netherlands * Lampertheim, Germany G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoomcentrum Maldegem
Steamtrain Maldegem-Eeklo (SME), is a heritage railway located at Maldegem in northern Belgium. It is located at the former NMBS station. Standard gauge trains run on the line to Eeklo, where the SCM has its own station. A narrow gauge line runs to Donk on the former line to Bruges; this was supplemented by the standard gauge line in 1989. Stock List Steam locomotives *Operational **Standard Gauge *** Avonside No. 1908 of 1925. Named "Fred". *** La Meuse of 1926. Named "Bébert". ***St. Léonard n°947 of 1893. Build in Liège. ***Hunslet, No. 3796 of 1953, WD196, "Errol Lonsdale". Previously based on the South Devon Railway in England. *** Hanomag 0-4-0WT of 1906. *Non Operational **Narrow Gauge *** TKh No. 5387, named "General Maczik". Moved to SME from the Northampton & Lamport Railway in England in 2006. *** Haine St. Pierre n°416 of 1891. Awaiting restoration ***Orenstein & Koppel 0-4-0WT of 1911 (works number 4854). Named "Marie", Static. (First Locomotive of SME ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adegem
Adegem is a village and ''deelgemeente'' (sub-municipality) in the municipality of Maldegem in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The village is located about east of Bruges. History The area around Adegem was mapped between 1993 and 1995, and multiple structures were discovered from the Bronze Age. The village was first mentioned in 840 as Addingahim, and means "settlement of the people of Ado (person)". In 1127, Robert de Jonge, the owner of Castle Raverschoot near Adegem, was implicated in the murder of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders, and his castle was destroyed. For most of its history, Adegem was a cultivation settlement belonging to the ''amt'' Maldegem. During the 19th century, Adegem started to develop into a village. In 1800, it became an independent municipality. In 1859, the Schipdonk canal was dug and the village started to industrialise. In 1862, a railway station opened. In 1939, Flugplatz Maldegem was built near Adegem which was used by the Germans d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advanced Landing Ground
Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) were temporary advance airfields constructed by the Allies during World War II during the liberation of Europe. They were built in the UK prior to the invasion and thereafter in northwest Europe from 6 June 1944 to V-E Day, 7 May 1945. Unlike the permanent airfields built in the United Kingdom and designed for the strategic bombardment of Germany, the tactical combat airfields on the continent were temporary, often improvised airfields to be used by the tactical air forces to support the advancing ground armies engaged on the battlefield. Once the front line moved out of range for the aircraft, the groups and squadrons moved up to newly built ALGs closer to the ground forces and left the ones in the rear for other support uses, or simply abandoned them. Overview When the Allies invaded Normandy on D-Day, Royal Air Force Airfield Construction Service engineers were among those in the initial assault waves. Their mission was to rapidly c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Courtmans
Joanna Courtmans, born Joanna-Desideria Berchmans (6 September 1811 – 22 September 1890), was a Flemish writer. Biography Her father was mayor of Oudegem, and she spent her first years at the local village school, later at the age of 9, she was sent to a boarding school in Wallonia. Between 1835 and 1844, she lived in Ghent, initially with her aunt Colette Tanghe. In 1836, she married Jan Baptiste Courtmans, a teacher in Ghent, who was one of the co-founders of the ''Gentse Maetschappij van Vlaemsche Letteroefening''. This brought her into contact with the Flemish movement, and Prudens van Duyse, Frans Rens, Ferdinand Snellaert, and Jan Frans Willems. It inspired her to write an historical novel ''Bertha Baldwin'' (1871), about the 14th century battle of the Flemings against France. Her husband taught her Flemish again, after which she wrote her first poem in 1839, which was published in the ''Nederduitsch letterkundig jaarboekje''. In the following years she won several pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Eeklo
The Arrondissement of Eeklo (; ) is one of the six administrative arrondissements in the Province of East Flanders, Belgium. It is one of the two arrondissements that form the Judicial Arrondissement of Ghent. Municipalities The Administrative Arrondissement of Eeklo consists of the following municipalities: *Assenede Assenede () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Assenede proper, , Boekhoute and Oosteeklo. On 1 January 2021, Assenede had a total population of 14,369. The total area is 87 ... * Eeklo * Kaprijke * Maldegem * Sint-Laureins * Zelzate Eeklo {{EastFlanders-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adria Adria is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and Po. The remains of the Etruscan city of Atria or Hatria are to be found below the modern city, three to four metres below the current level. Adria and Spina were the Etruscan ports and depots for Felsina (now Bologna). Adria may have given its name during an early period to the Adriatic Sea, to which it was connected by channels. History Ancient era The first settlements built in the area are of Venetic origin, during the twelfth to ninth centuries BC, consisting of stilt houses in the wetlands, that were then still close to the sea. At that time the main stream of the Po, the Adria channel, flowed into the sea in this area. The Villanovan culture, named for an archaeological site at the village of Villanova, near Bologna (Etruscan ''Felsina''), flourished in this area from the tenth until as late as the sixth century ... [...More I |
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