Gembloux

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Gembloux
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Gembloux (Namur)
Gembloux
Gembloux
State : BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Region : Wallonia
Province : Namur
District : Namur
Coordinates : 50 ° 34 ′  N , 4 ° 42 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′  N , 4 ° 42 ′  E
Area : 95.86 km²
Residents: 26,014 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density: 271 inhabitants per km²
Post Code: 5030, 5031, 5032
Prefix: 081
Mayor: Benoît Dispa (Bailli)

Local government address :
Parc d'Epinal
5030 Gembloux
Website: www.gembloux.be
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Gembloux ( Walloon : Djiblou , Dutch : Gembloers ) is a city in the Belgian province of Namur in the Wallonia region with 26,014 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) . The city houses the Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech Faculty of Agriculture and Biological Engineering , which has been part of the University of Liège for several years , in the buildings of the former Gembloux Abbey . Gembloux is also known as the place of origin of cutlery. In 2005, the Gembloux Belfry was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List . Buildings from the former Argenton Abbey in the village of Lonzée have survived but cannot be visited

Former Gembloux Abbey, today Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (GxABT)
Town Hall Square and Belfry in Gembloux

City structure

After the municipal mergers in 1965 and 1977, the municipality of Gembloux consists of twelve localities:

  • Beuzet
  • Bossière
  • Bothey
  • Corroy-le-Château
  • Ernage
  • Gembloux
  • Grand Manil
  • Grand Leez
  • Isnes
  • Lonzée
  • Mazy
  • Sauvenière

history

In 936, St. Guibert founded an abbey , which was confirmed by Otto I (HRR) in 946 and placed under his protection. The village of Gembloux was built around this Benedictine monastery, which had a valuable library from the 11th century.

In the 14th century, Gembloux was subject to Brabant .

In 1578 the Battle of Gembloux took place near the city during the Eighty Years' War .

In the Second World War in May 1940 during the western campaign, the area around Gembloux was decisive because the Dyle position here had the “Gembloux gap” ( Trouée de Gembloux ), where the defenders could not use any natural obstacles and therefore over 400 modern tanks put up. In the battle of Hannut on May 12, 1940 they were able to stop the Hoepner Panzer Corps and inflict heavy losses on its mainly light tank units. The next day, the Wehrmacht managed to break through the Gembloux position by focusing on a small section of the front and supporting the air force.

Town twinning

Gembloux has twinned cities with

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Gundolf Keil : "blutken - bloedekijn". Notes on the etiology of the hyposphagma genesis in the 'Pommersfeld Silesian Eye Booklet' (1st third of the 15th century). With an overview of the ophthalmological texts of the German Middle Ages. In: Specialized prose research - Crossing borders. Volume 8/9, 2012/2013, pp. 7–175, here: pp. 24 and 33.
  2. Erwin Huizenga: Tussen autoriteit s empiricism. De Middelnederlandse chirurgieën in de veertiende en vijftiende eeuw en hun maatschappelijke context. Hilversum 2003 (= Artesliteratuur in de Nederlanden. Volume 2), pp. 141–144.
  3. Illustration by Frans Hogenberg from 1578: Actual description of the battle between Staten and Spaniards not held far from Namur ( digitized version )