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Dendermonde

February 17, 2024

Dendermonde (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌdɛndərˈmɔndə] ⓘ; French: Termonde, French pronunciation: [tɛʁmɔ̃d]) is a city in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium. The 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, south along the same river, which dates from the Middle Ages.

Dendermonde
Municipality
Dendermonde City Hall and Belfry
Flag
Coat of arms
Location of Dendermonde
Dendermonde
Location in Belgium
Location of Dendermonde in East Flanders
Coordinates: 51°02′N 04°06′E / 51.033°N 4.100°E / 51.033; 4.100
Country Belgium
CommunityFlemish Community
RegionFlemish Region
ProvinceEast Flanders
ArrondissementDendermonde
Government
 • MayorLeen Dierick [nl] (CD&V)
 • Governing party/iesCD&V, N-VA
Area
 • Total56.52 km2 (21.82 sq mi)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total45,673
 • Density810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Postal codes
9200
NIS code
42006
Area codes052
Websitewww.dendermonde.be

The city is an administrative, commercial, educational, and medical centre for the surrounding region. The current mayor of Dendermonde is Leen Dierick (Christian Democratic and Flemish).

History edit

Origins to the 15th century edit

Some interesting La Tène artifacts were found in Appels, proof that this region of the Scheldt was inhabited in prehistory. Grave sites from the 2nd and 6th century also attest to dense settlement in Gallo-Roman and Merovingian times. In 843, the Treaty of Verdun placed Dendermonde in Lotharingia. After the Norman invasions of 883, however, Baldwin II took over the region and incorporated it into the German part of the newly founded County of Flanders.

Otto II built a fort here in the 10th century, encouraging further settlements in the area. The town received its city charter in 1233 and grew quickly after that, thanks to a thriving cloth industry. Several cloisters, chapels and churches, and a fortified defensive wall were built as well. A cloth hall and belfry were erected on the market square in the mid 14th century. The town's prosperity, however, gave rise to severe competition with cities such as Ghent and to occasional attacks and plunders by neighbours. In 1384, the whole area came under the control of the Valois dukes of Burgundy.

16th to 20th century edit

 
Dendermonde on the Ferraris map (around 1775)
 
Dendermonde's Stadhuis depicted on a 1920 stamp

The 16th century saw a decline in Dendermonde's fortunes. In 1572 Dendermonde was conquered by William the Silent. The same year however Spanish troops under Duke Alexander Farnese of Parma, took over the city, looted and mostly destroyed it. A decade later, the Spaniards built their own fortress between the Dender and the Scheldt. In 1667, it was France's turn, under Louis XIV, to advance on the city, but they were turned back when the defenders opened the dikes and flooded the countryside.[2] The allied troops of the Netherlands and England, under the Duke of Marlborough, caused the heaviest damage in 1706. The city was then fortified by the Austrians against further French ambitions. After a last siege by Louis XV, the city could finally breathe to the point that the fortifications were dismantled a few decades later.

The second half of the 18th century was generally prosperous, with the advent of the Industrial Revolution and a local cotton industry. After 1800, the port facilities were modernized and the first railways were laid down, allowing other industries (oil, shoe, leather…) to move in.

The onset of World War I in September 1914 was disastrous for the city as more than half of its housing and the city archives were either bombed or burned down.

21st century edit

On August 19, 2006, 28 prisoners managed to escape Dendermonde prison. Seven of them were captured within hours. A few were later found in Italy and Russia. They managed to escape because the lock was old and rusty. They simply walked away, tied all their sheets together, climbed over the wall, jumped on a phone booth and ran away.

Main article: Dendermonde nursery attack

On 23 January 2009, a 20-year-old Flemish man named Kim De Gelder attacked a children's daycare centre in the village of Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde, stabbing three people to death and wounding as many as twenty. One of the school teachers and two babies, aged 8 and 9 months, died in the attack.[3] Italian singer Luciano Ligabue dedicated a song to the victims: Quando mi vieni a prendere? (Dendermonde 23/01/09), in his 2010 album, Arrivederci, Mostro!.[4]

Main sights edit

  •  
    Dendermonde beguinage
  •  
    Monumental building: het Vleeshuis
  •  
    Market square with pubs and town hall
  •  
    Brussels Gate
  •  
    Tournai font in the Onze Lieve-Vrouwekerk
  •  
    The courthouse
  •  
    The Church of Our Lady (Onze Lieve-Vrouwekerk)

Events edit

Dendermonde likes to be known for its decennial procession, featuring the heroic horse: Ros Beiaard. Legend has this horse saving his master and his three brothers from capture by Charlemagne. The annual Parade of the three Giants of the Guilds Indian, Mars and Goliath, have the title of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. This parade takes place on the last Thursday of August.

Sport edit

Dendermonde is home to Rugby Union club Dendermondse RC, champions of the Belgian Elite League in the 2011/12 season.

Notable people edit

 
Polydore de Keyser, Vanity Fair, 1887
 
Guy Verhofstadt, 2021

Sport edit

Twin cities edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Termonde" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 645.
  3. ^ "Five dead in knife attack at Belgian creche". Telegraph.co.uk. Jan 23, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  4. ^ . Ligachannel (in Italian). April 26, 2010. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  5. ^ "Flemish Béguinages". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Belfries of Belgium and France". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Dendermonde Codex in doctoraatsthesis". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch).
  8. ^ Muziekcentrum Vlaanderen, Jazz Centrum Vlaanderen (in Dutch)

External links edit

  •   Media related to Dendermonde at Wikimedia Commons
  • Official website - only available in Dutch
  • - only available in Dutch

February 17, 2024
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Dendermonde news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Dendermonde Dutch pronunciation ˌdɛnderˈmɔnde French Termonde French pronunciation tɛʁmɔ d is a city in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium The 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 south along the same river which dates from the Middle Ages DendermondeMunicipalityDendermonde City Hall and BelfryFlagCoat of armsLocation of DendermondeDendermondeLocation in Belgium Location of Dendermonde in East FlandersCoordinates 51 02 N 04 06 E 51 033 N 4 100 E 51 033 4 100Country BelgiumCommunityFlemish CommunityRegionFlemish RegionProvinceEast FlandersArrondissementDendermondeGovernment MayorLeen Dierick nl CD amp V Governing party iesCD amp V N VAArea Total56 52 km2 21 82 sq mi Population 2018 01 01 1 Total45 673 Density810 km2 2 100 sq mi Postal codes9200NIS code42006Area codes052Websitewww dendermonde beThe city is an administrative commercial educational and medical centre for the surrounding region The current mayor of Dendermonde is Leen Dierick Christian Democratic and Flemish Contents 1 History 1 1 Origins to the 15th century 1 2 16th to 20th century 1 3 21st century 2 Main sights 3 Events 4 Sport 5 Notable people 5 1 Sport 6 Twin cities 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory editOrigins to the 15th century edit Some interesting La Tene artifacts were found in Appels proof that this region of the Scheldt was inhabited in prehistory Grave sites from the 2nd and 6th century also attest to dense settlement in Gallo Roman and Merovingian times In 843 the Treaty of Verdun placed Dendermonde in Lotharingia After the Norman invasions of 883 however Baldwin II took over the region and incorporated it into the German part of the newly founded County of Flanders Otto II built a fort here in the 10th century encouraging further settlements in the area The town received its city charter in 1233 and grew quickly after that thanks to a thriving cloth industry Several cloisters chapels and churches and a fortified defensive wall were built as well A cloth hall and belfry were erected on the market square in the mid 14th century The town s prosperity however gave rise to severe competition with cities such as Ghent and to occasional attacks and plunders by neighbours In 1384 the whole area came under the control of the Valois dukes of Burgundy 16th to 20th century edit nbsp Dendermonde on the Ferraris map around 1775 nbsp Dendermonde s Stadhuis depicted on a 1920 stampThe 16th century saw a decline in Dendermonde s fortunes In 1572 Dendermonde was conquered by William the Silent The same year however Spanish troops under Duke Alexander Farnese of Parma took over the city looted and mostly destroyed it A decade later the Spaniards built their own fortress between the Dender and the Scheldt In 1667 it was France s turn under Louis XIV to advance on the city but they were turned back when the defenders opened the dikes and flooded the countryside 2 The allied troops of the Netherlands and England under the Duke of Marlborough caused the heaviest damage in 1706 The city was then fortified by the Austrians against further French ambitions After a last siege by Louis XV the city could finally breathe to the point that the fortifications were dismantled a few decades later The second half of the 18th century was generally prosperous with the advent of the Industrial Revolution and a local cotton industry After 1800 the port facilities were modernized and the first railways were laid down allowing other industries oil shoe leather to move in The onset of World War I in September 1914 was disastrous for the city as more than half of its housing and the city archives were either bombed or burned down 21st century edit On August 19 2006 28 prisoners managed to escape Dendermonde prison Seven of them were captured within hours A few were later found in Italy and Russia They managed to escape because the lock was old and rusty They simply walked away tied all their sheets together climbed over the wall jumped on a phone booth and ran away Main article Dendermonde nursery attack On 23 January 2009 a 20 year old Flemish man named Kim De Gelder attacked a children s daycare centre in the village of Sint Gillis bij Dendermonde stabbing three people to death and wounding as many as twenty One of the school teachers and two babies aged 8 and 9 months died in the attack 3 Italian singer Luciano Ligabue dedicated a song to the victims Quando mi vieni a prendere Dendermonde 23 01 09 in his 2010 album Arrivederci Mostro 4 Main sights editThe central market square Grote Markt The Town Hall housing an art collection The Butcher s Hall Dutch Vleeshuismuseum a museum with an archeological and historical collection From the prehistory of the region to the 21st century The Church of Our Lady Dutch Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk with two paintings by Anthony van Dyck The beguinage is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998 5 The city hall and belfry have also been designated a World Heritage Site since 1999 6 The belfry houses a carillon and was formerly part of the Cloth Hall The Dendermonde Abbey a Benedictine abbey famous for its library containing an original manuscript of Hildegard of Bingen called the Dendermonde Codex 7 The Dendermonde Puurs Steam Railway is a heritage railway running 14 kilometres 8 7 mi from Dendermonde to Puurs Jazz Center Flanders archive documentation center and museum 8 nbsp Dendermonde beguinage nbsp Monumental building het Vleeshuis nbsp Market square with pubs and town hall nbsp Brussels Gate nbsp Tournai font in the Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk nbsp The courthouse nbsp The Church of Our Lady Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk Events editDendermonde likes to be known for its decennial procession featuring the heroic horse Ros Beiaard Legend has this horse saving his master and his three brothers from capture by Charlemagne The annual Parade of the three Giants of the Guilds Indian Mars and Goliath have the title of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO This parade takes place on the last Thursday of August Sport editDendermonde is home to Rugby Union club Dendermondse RC champions of the Belgian Elite League in the 2011 12 season Notable people edit nbsp Polydore de Keyser Vanity Fair 1887 nbsp Guy Verhofstadt 2021Vanessa Chinitor born 1976 singer born in Dendermonde Rosiana Coleners ca 1500 after 1571 poetess Franz Courtens 1854 1943 painter born in Dendermonde Polydore de Keyser 1832 1898 Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London 1887 8 Pierre Jean De Smet 1801 1873 missionary among Native Americans Jan De Vos 1844 1923 mayor of Antwerp Philippe Geubels born 1981 stand up comedian Emmanuel Hiel poet and prose writer 1834 1899 Kim Kay pseudonym of Kim Van Hee born 1978 Belgian singer born in Dendermonde Willem Kerricx 1652 1719 sculptor Fernand Khnopff 1858 1921 painter Clement Loret 1833 1909 organist and composer naturalized French Johannes Ockeghem c 1410 1497 composer said to be born in Dendermonde James Oliver Van de Velde 1795 1855 bishop of Chicago and later of Mississippi Michael Pauluzen Van der Voort ca 1615 1690 early resident of New Amsterdam Annelies Verbeke born 1976 author Frans Verhas ca 1827 ca 1897 painter Jan Verhas 1834 1886 painter Dirk Verhofstadt born 1955 political scientist born and raised in Dendermonde brother of Guy Verhofstadt Guy Verhofstadt born 1953 former Belgian prime minister born and raised in Dendermonde brother of Dirk Verhofstadt Remi Vermeiren born 1940 businessman born in Dendermonde Cornelis Columbanus Vrancx 1529 1615 writerSport edit Laurens De Bock born 1992 footballer Alwin de Prins born 1978 competitive swimmer Geert De Vlieger born 1971 Belgian international soccer player Thomas Kaminski born 1992 Belgian international goalkeeper Caroline Maes born 1982 tennis player Bob Straetman born 1997 footballer Ivo Van Damme 1954 1976 middle distance runner Pat Van Den Hauwe born 1960 Welsh international soccer playerTwin cities edit nbsp Geldrop Netherlands nbsp Nienburg Germany nbsp Blagoevgrad Bulgaria nbsp Targu Neamț RomaniaSee also editInverted Dendermonde the most valuable Belgian stampReferences edit Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018 Statbel Retrieved 9 March 2019 Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Termonde Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 26 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 645 Five dead in knife attack at Belgian creche Telegraph co uk Jan 23 2009 Retrieved May 17 2010 Quando mi vieni a prendere Dendermonde 23 01 09 Ligachannel in Italian April 26 2010 Archived from the original on October 23 2020 Retrieved May 17 2010 Flemish Beguinages UNESCO World Heritage Centre United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Retrieved 6 November 2021 Belfries of Belgium and France UNESCO World Heritage Centre United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Retrieved 5 November 2021 Dendermonde Codex in doctoraatsthesis Het Nieuwsblad in Dutch Muziekcentrum Vlaanderen Jazz Centrum Vlaanderen in Dutch External links edit nbsp Media related to Dendermonde at Wikimedia Commons Official website only available in Dutch Youth community site for Dendermonde only available in Dutch Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dendermonde amp oldid 1202759317, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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