Heuvelland (West Flanders)

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Heuvelland
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Heuvelland (West Flanders Province)
Heuvelland
Heuvelland
State : BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Region : Flanders
Province : West Flanders
District : Ypres
Coordinates : 50 ° 47 '  N , 2 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 47 '  N , 2 ° 50'  E
Area : 94.24 km²
Residents: 7909 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density: 84 inhabitants per km²
Post Code: 8950 (Nieuwkerke)
8951 (Dranouter)
8952 (Wulvergem)
8953 (Wijtschate)
8954 (Westouter)
8956 (Kemmel)
8958 (Loker)
Prefix: 057
Mayor: Marc Lewyllie

Local government address : 		Bergstraat 24
8950 Heuvelland
Website: www.heuvelland.be
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Heuvelland (German Hügelland ) is a Belgian municipality in the Flanders region with 7909 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019). It has no actual town center, but consists of the eight districts Kemmel (with the municipal administration), Wijtschate (also Wijtschaete or Wytschaete ; the district with the largest population and area) and De Klijte , Dranouter , Loker , Nieuwkerke , Westouter and Wulvergem .

location

The municipality is located in the south of West Flanders and borders France . Ypres is nine kilometers northeast, the French city of Lille 22 kilometers southeast, Kortrijk 30 kilometers east, Bruges 55 kilometers northeast, Ghent 68 kilometers northeast and Brussels a good 107 kilometers east (all information as the crow flies from Kemmel to the respective city centers).

The 159 meter high Kemmelberg is the highest point both in the municipality and in west Flanders. This hill and the individual villages of the municipality of Heuvelland were the scenes of fierce battles between German and Allied troops in the First World War , which were particularly characterized by large infantry attacks against heavily developed positions defended by machine guns , gas wars , mine warfare , prolonged artillery fire and first dogfights .

Between Wijtschate and Voormezele is Bayernwald , a German site from 1914 ( ) , which is now accessible to visitors and which has been restored on the basis of archaeological studies . World icon

Infrastructure

The next motorway exits are at Ypres and Beselare on the A19 and at the franz. Common Bailleul on the A25 / E 42 .

The nearest regional train stations are in Ypres, Comines-Warneton and Kortrijk , and national express trains stop in Lille, Bruges and Ghent.

There is a regional airport near Lille and an international airport near the capital, Brussels.

Sons and daughters of the church

  • Petrus Plancius (1552–1622), theologian, astronomer and cartographer, born in the Dranouter district
  • Lucien Storme (1916–1945), racing cyclist, born in the district of Nieuwkerke

gallery

  • Kemmelberg (west side)

  • Plan of the fighting on Kemmelberg in April 1918

  • Kemmelberg after the fighting in 1918

  • Liebfrauenkirche in the district of Nieuwkerke

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.greatwar.co.uk/ypres-salient/remains-bayernwald.htm
  2. ↑ Heuvelland.be: Bayernwald trenches . Accessed: October 5, 2016.