Sint-Pieters-Leeuw

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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (Flemish Brabant)
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
State : BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Region : Flanders
Province : Flemish Brabant
District : Halle-Vilvoorde
Coordinates : 50 ° 47 '  N , 4 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 47 '  N , 4 ° 15'  E
Area : 40.38 km²
Residents: 34,228 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density: 848 inhabitants per km²
Post Code: 1600, 1601, 1602
Prefix: 02
Mayor: Luc Deconinck ( NV-A )

Local government address : 		Gemeentehuis
Pastorijstraat 21
1600 Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
Website: www.sint-pieters-leeuw.be
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (unofficial French name: Leeuw-Saint-Pierre ) is a Belgian municipality in the Pajottenland in the province of Flemish Brabant . It includes the sub-municipalities of Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Oudenaken, Ruisbroek, Vlezenbeek and Sint-Laureins-Berchem.

Origin of name

The part of the name -Leeuw comes from the Germanic hlaiwa , which means something like "hill". The addition Sint-Pieters- refers to the original dependence on St. Peter's Chapter in Cologne .

coat of arms

The colors red and white are a reference to the red and white coat of arms of Cologne. The erect red lion is a symbol of pride and appears on the earlier seals of the Leeuwer court . During the merger in 1977 the green key was added to the original coat of arms from 1819 as a symbol for Simon Petrus , whereby the five teeth stand for the five sub-communities.

history

First mention

The oldest known text about Leeuw is a deed of donation from September 819, with which a Brabant lady named Angela donated the place to the chapter of St. Petrus in Cologne. According to the description in the document, the area of ​​Leeuw at that time extended from Anderlecht and Dilbeek to Halle and was limited by the Senne and the old "Brabantsebaan" . Leeuw thus also included Itterbeek and Sint-Anna-Pede, which are now part of Dilbeek. Not much is known about the giver Angela. It is assumed that she could have been an abbess from Nivelles or a religious sister authorized to donate, but her name does not appear in the lists of abbesses of the time.

Sint-Pieters-Leeuw did not keep the Cologne chapter for long. The Counts of Lions , who in the 11th century only presented themselves as "advocatus" of the churches, soon passed from protector to owner of the Cologne lands. Cologne, on the other hand, was far too far away to be able to maintain an efficient administration. After the Gregorian reforms had set in motion developments to end the dependence of ecclesiastical institutions on secular authorities, the Counts of Leuven donated Sint-Pieters-Leeuw to the Bishop of Cambrai , who owned the parish until the middle of the 16th century before it passed to the newly founded diocese of Ghent .

middle Ages

From the 12th century, Leeuw belonged to the Dukes of Brabant , after it had previously been in the Gau Brabant during the Carolingian era . In the 14th and 15th centuries, Leeuw was a relatively densely populated area, especially today's communities Leeuw, Vlezenbeek, Itterbeek and Ruisbroek. Leeuw was thus one of the largest municipalities in Brabant, but due to the lack of leaders it never became an important place. These circumstances made it possible for the dukes of Brabant to combine Leeuw and Lennik to form the land of Gaasbeek in 1236 , over which the Counts of Leuven ruled.

During the Middle Ages, Leeuw was the seat of an important regional court that exercised jurisdiction in Vlezenbeek, Sint-Laureins-Berchem, Oudenaken and Elingen (today a sub-municipality of Pepingen ). It was also a court of appeal for smaller jury courts in the region.

The Lords of Leeuw

Coloma Castle

When the land of Gaasbeek disintegrated in 1687, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw came into the possession of the Roose family, who resided in Leeuwer Castle. Jean-Charles Roose, a cavalry captain in Spanish service, was the first "Heer van Leeuw". He was appointed Baron von Sint-Pieters-Leeuw on December 20, 1690. He died in 1704 without leaving a wife or children, and his brother Ambroise also died unmarried in 1720. The barony and castle were therefore passed on to the youngest brother Philippe, who died in 1751. His daughter Eugénie († 1762) was married to Charles Vital Alexandre Coloma (* 1718 in Mechelen , † 1758 in Brussels ), chamberlain of the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria . Coloma was undoubtedly the most famous resident of the castle, which has since been called "Coloma Castle".

Since Coloma's children all died very young, the castle and barony fell to his niece Rose-Alexandrine Coloma, herself Baroness von Moriensart. She married Count van der Dilft, who later became mayor of Brussels. The marriage resulted in three children, of which the eldest, Count Jean-Marie-Joseph van der Dilft (1745-1831), succeeded as Baron von Sint-Pieters-Leeuw. Jean-Marie-Joseph van der Dilft was chamberlain to Emperor Joseph II and then to King Wilhelm I of the Netherlands .

His son Count Antoine van der Dilft was the next baron of Sint-Pieters-Leeuw. In 1870 he married the nineteen-year-old daughter of a Dutch minister. Only one daughter emerged from this marriage, Countess Antoinette van der Dilft (1872–1947). The van der Dilft family died out with her death, as her marriage to Count Albert de Limburg-Stirum remained childless. After the Count died in 1931, Antoinette van der Dilft adopted her nephew, Count Thierry de Limburg-Stirum, who was mayor of Huldenberg in 1943 . After her death, he therefore took over the title and castle. His successor was one of his sons from his marriage to Marie Princess de Croy, Count Christian de Limburg-Stirum. He eventually sold the castle grounds to the Flemish Community and the castle to the parish of Sint-Pieters-Leeuw.

During the French period the municipality was in the Dijledepartment, in 1815 in the province of South Brabant, in 1831 in the province of Brabant and since 1995 in the province of Flemish Brabant.

population

Sint-Pieters-Leeuw is officially a purely Dutch- speaking municipality, but is also home to an important French- speaking minority - especially in the sub-municipality of Ruisbroek and in the Negenmanneke district .

Buildings and sights

sons and daughters of the town

Partnerships

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Rosarium on the Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos website , accessed on March 8, 2018 (Dutch).

Web links

Commons : Sint-Pieters-Leeuw  - Collection of images, videos and audio files