Torhout

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Torhout
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Torhout (West Flanders Province)
Torhout
Torhout
State : BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Region : Flanders
Province : West Flanders
District : Bruges
Coordinates : 51 ° 4 ′  N , 3 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′  N , 3 ° 6 ′  E
Area : 45.23 km²
Residents: 20,463 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density: 452 inhabitants per km²
Post Code: 8820
Prefix: 050
Mayor: Hilde Crevits ( CD&V )
Kristof Audenaert (deputy)

Local government address : 		Stadhuis
Markt 1
8820 Torhout
Website: www.torhout.be
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Torhout (other, partly older spellings Turhoult, Turholt, Thorout, Torout, Thourout, Toeroet) is a city in the province of West Flanders in Belgium . It has 20,463 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) on an area of ​​around 4,500 hectares.

history

Finds from Roman times show that Torhout is one of the oldest cities in Flanders and existed as early as around the 2nd century AD.

The bones of the martyr St. Donatian († around 303–305) were kept as relics in the Torhout monastery until they were brought to Bruges in 863.

Emperor Ludwig the Pious donated the income from the Turholt Monastery to the missionary Ansgar von Bremen (Anscharius). That is why Adam von Bremen mentioned it in the Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum , translated into "Turholz". After Ludwig's death and the division of the empire, the monastery fell to Charles the Bald in 843 .

At the end of the 11th century, Robert von Friesland built Wijnendale Castle . In the 12th century Torhut received city rights. In 1229 Johanna von Flanders (1200–1244) founded a hospital and a beguinage. At the Battle of Wijnendale on September 28, 1708, Spanish and French troops fought against the victorious Allied troops. The battle was part of the War of the Spanish Succession .

Attractions

  • The moated castle Wijnendale (also spelled Wynendale, Wienendael or Winnendahl), the origins of which go back to the 11th century. The moated castle was renovated in 1877 in a romantic, pseudo-medieval style. It serves partly as a museum and can be visited. This is where Mary of Burgundy died when she fell from her horse while hunting for a falcon. Important talks between King Leopold III took place in the castle on May 25, 1940 . held by Belgium and its ministers, which resulted in the question of the king after the Second World War .
  • The Romanesque Sint-Pietersbandenkerke from the 12th century
  • The neo-Gothic Kasteel d'Aertrycke , built between 1868 and 1871, has been a hotel and event location since 1990
  • Museum Torhouts Aardewerk in Kasteel Ravenhof , collection of artistic ceramics from the 18th to 20th centuries, for example from the Art Nouveau period

sport and freetime

  • The "Groene 62", a former railway line, is located between Torhout and Ostend and is currently a nature, hiking and cycling area.
  • The Night of Flanders has taken place in June since 1980 , a 100 km public and road run. A marathon and a 10 km run are also part of the event, as are hikes over 10, 42 and 100 km.

Personalities

literature

  • Thomas Klapheck: Saint Ansgar and the Carolingian Northern Mission . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 2008.
  • Michiel Mestdagh: Torhout, de geschiedenis van een stad . Torhout, 2000.
  • Rimbert: Vita Anskarii auctore Rimberto . Ed. V. by Georg Waitz. 1884. Reprinted in 1988.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pierre Mariette (17th century), Comitatus Flandriae nova tabula
  2. ↑ [Novissima et Accuratissima Comitatus Flandriae Tabula - See more at: http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/ComitatusFlandriae-dewit-1721#sthash.g4RimIKV.dpuf De Wit, Novissima et Accuratissima Comitatus Flandriae Tabula ]
  3. ↑ Alexandre Vuillemin (1843), Belgique
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.torhout.be
  5. ↑ Guillaume Gazet: Histoire ecclesiastique du Pays-Bas , 1614. p. 392.
  6. ↑ http://www.deutschlandundeuropa.de/36_98/due36r.htm, accessed on November 7, 2011
  7. ↑ http://users.telenet.be/fercanikel/torhout.htm

Web links

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

  • Town hall from 1713

  • Castle d'Aertrycke

  • Wijnendale Castle