Etterbeek

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Etterbeek
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Etterbeek (Belgium)
Etterbeek
Etterbeek
State : BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Region : Brussels capital
Province : ("de-provincialized" since January 1st, 1995)
District : Brussels capitalwub
Coordinates : 50 ° 50 ′  N , 4 ° 23 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′  N , 4 ° 23 ′  E
Area : 3.15 km²
Residents: 48,367 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density: 15,355 inhabitants per km²
Post Code: 1040
Prefix: 02
Mayor: Vincent De Wolf ( MR )

Local government address : 		Administration communale
Avenue d'Auderghem, 113/115
1040 Etterbeek

Gemeentebestuur
Oudergemlaan 113/115
1040 Etterbeek
Website: www.etterbeek.be
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Etterbeek is one of 19 municipalities in the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region in Belgium . It has 48,367 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) on 3.15 square kilometers.

Etterbeek is located to the east of Brussels city ​​center . Neighboring communities are Brussels-Stadt , Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek , Woluwe-Saint-Lambert / Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe , Woluwe-Saint-Pierre / Sint-Pieters-Woluwe , Auderghem / Oudergem and Ixelles / Elsene .

The subway lines 1 and 5 (Merode, Montgomery, Thieffry and Petillon stations) and tram lines 7, 25 (also underground), 81 and 83 run through the municipality .

history

Rue Des Boers / Boerenstraat
Parish hall
Bells of the former church of St. Gertrud

Etterbeek first appeared in the records in 966 under the name " Iatrebache ". However, this source is only preserved in a copy from the 15th century. With " Ietrebecca " the next mention takes place in the year 1127. The forms " Jetterbecce " in the year 1138 and " Jetterbeka " in the year 1221 approximately for the first time reflect the present name form.

Originally Etterbeek did not belong to the Brussels suburb. The city's aldermen had only had the right to levy a beer tax granted by Johann II since 1312 .

In 1489 the village was destroyed by the troops of Albrecht von Sachsen in the war against Flanders. In 1580 iconoclasts caused considerable damage here .

In 1602 under the rule of the governor of the Spanish Netherlands , Isabella Clara Eugenia , and the Archduke Albrecht VII of Austria , the Broubelaar - a stream that rises in Etterbeek - was diverted to the botanical and zoological garden of the Dukes of Brabant on the Coudenberg supply. At that time Etterbeek did not have its own mayor. This function was exercised by the mayor of Rode while the judges of Watermaal held the jurisdiction , who also had the judiciary in Bosvoorde, Oudergem, Sint-Pieters-Woluwe, Stokkel and Kraainem .

Charles II of Spain elevated Etterbeek to a barony in favor of Diego Henriquez de Castro , adviser to the Court of Auditors and the War Council and treasurer of the armed forces of the Netherlands. When Etterbeek became a barony, it separated from the main municipality of Rode and got its own mayor, five lay judges and two judges. The community maintained this order until it was annexed by France . As part of France, Etterbeek belonged to the canton of Sint-Stevens-Woluwe (French: Woluwe-Saint-Etienne ) in the arrondissement of Brussels, which was part of the Dyle department .

In less than a century, Etterbeek evolved from a rural parish to a built-up suburb. The beginning of the 20th century was marked by numerous construction projects. Among other things, the Van Meyel orphanage and the hospital were built. The expansion of various streets and squares gave Etterbeek an urban face. Today Etterbeek is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Brussels.

local community

Etterbeek is home to a large number of representations and Commission services, not least because of its close proximity to the European Quarter. However, there are few large administrative office buildings in Etterbeek. The original structure and the charm of the community could thus be preserved. The prestigious boulevards, especially the avenue de Tervuren / Tervurenlaan as well as the boulevards Saint-Michel and Louis Schmidt and the triumphal arch in the Jubelpark on the border with the municipality of Brussels are particularly worth seeing . Also worth seeing are the Art Nouveau residential areas of Etterbeek. The Cauchiehaus (Maison Cauchie) built in 1905 in Frankenstrasse. 5 (Rue des Francs) can be described as one of the most beautiful works of Art Nouveau in Brussels and is open to visitors on the first weekend of the month. There is plenty of green space in Etterbeek, including the F. Hap Park and the Jardin Fontenay-sous-Bois / Tuinen van Fontenay-sous-Bois, named after the French twin town. The most famous park is the Leopoldpark, an English garden right next to the European Parliament. There are numerous cafes and a prestigious market on Jourdan's Square (Place Jourdan). There are numerous shopping opportunities, especially in the Avenue de la Chasse / Jachtlaan area. Etterbeek has the densest concentration of training centers in the country. However, the campus of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel is not located in the municipality of Etterbeek, but, like the Etterbeek train station, on the territory of the neighboring municipality of Elsene.

Cauchie House

Attractions

Worth seeing are the boulevards (including the avenue de Tervuren / Tervurenlaan ), the triumphal arch in the Jubelpark, the Art Nouveau residential district, and the neighboring European quarter, which is part of the city of Brussels.

The Catholic churches of St-Jean-Berchmans (1912, neo-Romanesque) and Chapelle de la Résurrection (2001, neo-Renaissance re-construction) are Jesuit churches.

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

Commons : Etterbeek  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ M. Gysseling, Topografisch Woordenboek: "Etterbeek"
  2. ↑ It should be noted, however, that the spelling variants with the letter "J" only began to differentiate between the letters I and J in the spelling towards the end of the Middle Ages. Until then, both an I could stand for the semi-vowel J and a J for the vowel I. There were no fixed rules yet. The consistent differentiation of the letters I and J as vowels and semivowels is said to have been made for the first time in the 16th century by the humanist Petrus Ramus .