Willebroek
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State : | Belgium | |
Region : | Flanders | |
Province : | Antwerp | |
District : | Mechelen | |
Coordinates : | 51 ° 3 ' N , 4 ° 22' E | |
Area : | 27.41 km² | |
Residents: | 26,462 (Jan. 1, 2019) | |
Population density: | 965 inhabitants per km² | |
Post Code: | 2830 | |
Prefix: | 03 | |
Mayor: | Eddy Bevers ( NV-A ) | |
Local government address : |
Gemeentehuis A. Van Landeghemstraat 99 2830 Willebroek |
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Website: | www.willebroek.be |
Willebroek is a Belgian municipality in the Mechelen arrondissement in the province of Antwerp . It consists of the districts Blaasveld , Heindonk , Tisselt and Willebroek . With the construction of the A 12 motorway , part of the village of Breendonk with Fort Breendonk was separated from the municipality and therefore incorporated into Willebroek. Fort Breendonk has been a National Memorial since 1947.
etymology
The name of the Brandenburg village Wildenbruch was most likely transferred from Willebroek, which is recorded as Wildebroc in 1180 . "This name describes a settlement near a wild, barren swamp" or break .
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the church
- Jan Adriaensens (* 1932), racing cyclist
- Frank Bernaerts (* 1967), musician, composer and conductor
- Alfons De Wolf (* 1956), racing cyclist
- Constant Tourné (* 1955), racing cyclist
People who worked on site
- Marcel De Mol (1908–1943), sexton of the Sint-Jan-Baptistkerk in Tisselt and founder of the resistance group De Zwarte Hand
- Jan Segers (* 1929), director of the Willebroek Music Academy
- Frans Ludo Verbeeck (1926–2000), composer and conductor, attended the local music school
- Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike (* 1982, * 1985), DJ duo and producer, grew up in Willebroek
Web links
Commons : Willebroek - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reinhard E. Fischer : The place names of the states of Brandenburg and Berlin , Volume 13 of the Brandenburg Historical Studies on behalf of the Brandenburg Historical Commission, be.bra Wissenschaft verlag, Berlin-Brandenburg 2005, p. 181 ISBN 3-937233-30-X , ISSN 1860-2436 .