Maldegem

Maldegem
Maldegem
State :	Belgium
Region :	Flanders
Province :	East Flanders
District :	Eeklo
Coordinates :	51 ° 13 '  N , 3 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '  N , 3 ° 27'  E
Area :	94.64 km²
Residents:	23,774 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density:	251 inhabitants per km²
Height:	10  m
Post Code:	9990 (Maldegem) 9991 (Adegem) 9992 (Middelburg)
Prefix:	050
Mayor:	Marleen Van den Bussche ( CD&V )
Local government address :	Gemeentebestuur Maldegem Marktstraat 10 9990 Maldegem
Website:	www.maldegem.be

St. Barbara Church

Maldegem (also Maldeghem ) is a Belgian municipality in the Flanders region . It is located in the province of East Flanders in the Belgian arrondissement Eeklo at an altitude of about 10 meters above sea ​​level .

places

The municipality consists of the three districts Maldegem (with the villages Donk and Kleit ), Adegem and Middelburg .

Location and economy

Maldegem borders in the north on the Dutch municipality Sluis in the southern Dutch province of Zeeland (the national border is only 3 kilometers north). The city of Bruges is 16 km to the west, Ghent 25 km to the south-east, Antwerp 65 km to the east and Brussels 73 km to the south-east (all information as the crow flies to the respective center).

In Aalter , Beernem , Bruges and Ghent are both the closest highway exits on the Belgian A10 / E40 and the next stations. The Gent- Eeklo- Maldegem railway line is no longer used for regular passenger services between Eeklo and Maldegem. In addition to regional trains, international trains such as Thalys also stop in Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels . The next major airports are in Antwerp and Brussels.

Horticulture (including several tree nurseries) and many small businesses and businesses are important for the economy.

History and sights

Place names with the ending -gem are derived from the Franconian "-haim", the first part refers to the name of a local owner from the 10th century. In 1984–1992 traces of a Roman camp with a side length of more than 155 meters were discovered.

The place is on an old road from Oudenburg to Antwerp . The southern Maldegemveld is a heathland and was mentioned in a document as early as 1170. Up until the end of the 16th century, this was the place of Papinglo, a typical religious settlement with an associated chapel, several priests, lay brothers and sisters. The chapel was in operation from 1187 to 1537 after being reduced in size in 1476. There was also a cemetery.

The rule of Maldegem, which also included Adegem and Sint-Laureins, was owned by the lords (and later counts) of Maldeghem until 1483 . They owned a castle at the site of Kasteel Reesinghe , later a renaissance castle, the ruins of which were removed in the 19th century. Philip III von Maldeghem was a henchman of Count Guido of Flanders around 1300 . The Van Halewijn family followed in 1483 and later the van Claerhout, Vilain, Zuniga y Mendoza and De Fonseca y Ayala families, after which the rulership came to the House of Croÿ . In 1858, Charles-Honoré Pecsteen, ennobled in 1822, built the neo-Gothic Reesinghe castle here. The so-called Sint-Annakasteel is a small building from 1860 on the site of a hospital founded by Arnulf van Maldegem in 1273, which became an estate from the middle of the 16th century, owned by Pieter Goeman from 1669, followed by his son-in-law Jacob Pecsteen.

In the center of Maldegem there are some historically interesting buildings, e.g. B. the church of St. Barbara, the deacon house (dekenij) and a small castle, the Sint-Annakasteel .

Personalities

• Noël Foré (1932–1992), Belgian racing cyclist, born in Adegem

Town twinning

A partnership with the Hessian city ​​of Lampertheim has existed since 1967 . There is also such a connection with Wierden in the Netherlands .

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality (Dutch)

Remarks

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Abdijhoeve van Papinglo (Dutch).