Vlamertinge

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Vlamertinge
Flag of the place Vlamertinge
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province West Flanders
local community Ypres
surface 20.8342 km²
Postcodes 8908
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former town hall of Vlamertinge
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Vlamertinge is a district of the city of Ypres in Belgium . The village center of Vlamertinge is just outside the city center of Ypres, along the main road N38 to the nearby town of Poperinge . Besides the city center of Ypres itself, Vlamertinge is the largest district of Ypres. To the west of Vlamertinge, on the road to Poperinge, lies the hamlet of Brandhoek.

history

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The earliest data about Vlamertinge come from the Middle Ages. In 857 a chapel was built in Vlamertinge. In 970 Ypres was destroyed and the Vlamertinge chapel burned down. The oldest known document, which bears the name Flambertenges, is a deed from the year 1066. Baudouin van Lille, Count of Flanders, his wife Adela and their son Baudouin, in this act gave goods to the church and the chapter of Sint-Pieters in Lille . These goods were among other things a tenth in Elverdinge and also a tenth in Vlamertinge - "In territorio Furnensi, in villa Elverzenges, decinam unam; Flambertenges decinam similiter unam".

Under the Ancien Régime , Vlamertinge suffered from the sieges of the nearby Ypres.

etymology

Vlamertinge would come from Flambert (a name) + inga (son, descendant of (genitive)) + house (place of residence). The oldest known spellings of Vlamertinge today are: Flembertenges (1066), Flamertingha (1123), Flambertinghes (1142), Flamertinge (1154), Flamertinga (1185), Flamertinghe (1200), Flambertengues (1202), Flamertinghes (1238), Flamertinges (1269), Vlamertinghe (1272), Vlamertinghes (1275), Flamertenghe (1275), Vlamertincghe (1280) etc.

geography

Vlamertinge is 17 meters above sea level. The municipality also borders Ypres in the east, Voormezele in the southeast, Kemmel and Dikkebus in the south, Reningelst in the southwest, Poperinge in the west, Elverdinge in the north and Brielen in the northeast.

Population development

From 1487 to 1697 we experience a sharp decrease in population in Vlamertinge. The most plausible explanation for this would have been the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands. During the First World War we see the population falling back again. This is due to the fact that Ypres, then a front-line town, was heavily bombed and Vlamertinge also suffered greatly from these bombing attacks.

economy

There are 70 to 80 shops in Vlamertinge. In Vlamertinge there is a large company Valcke that makes concrete structures and thus also offers employment to many people in the village.

politics

Vlamertinge had its own local council and mayor until the mergers in 1977. Mayors were:

  • 1796–1799: Joannes Gontier
  • 1799–1806: François Ignace Gryson
  • 1806-1820: Jean Ignace Onraet
  • 1820–1836: Lucien Boedt
  • 1836–1842: Joseph Verminck
  • 1843–1862: Dominique van Zuylen van Nyevelt
  • 1862-1895: Jules Veys
  • 1896–1909: Amand Vandaele
  • 1910–1927: Evarist Vande Lanoitte
  • 1927–1928: Marcel Vandenbulcke (dienstdoende burgemeester)
  • 1928-1947: Florentin Bouton
  • 1941–1944: Rafaël Six (oorlogsburgemeester)
  • 1947–1952: Usmar Bonte
  • 1953-1970: Julien Bouton
  • 1970–1976: Georges Platteau

Attractions

Sint Vedastuskerk
  • St. Vedastus Church
  • The former town hall of Vlamertinge from 1922 in Flemish neo-renaissance style
  • The castle of Vlamertinge or Castle du Parc was built in the years 1857-1858 by order of Viscount Pierre-Gustave du Parc based on a design by Joseph Schadde.
  • Vlamertinge has a number of British WWI war cemeteries:
    • Brandhoek Military Cemetery
    • Red Farm Military Cemetery
    • Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery
    • Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery
    • Railway Chateau Cemetery
    • Divisional Cemetery
    • Brandhoek New Military Cemetery
    • Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No. 3
    • Hop Store Cemetery

Sports

The football club KSK Vlamertinge has been a member of the Belgian Football Association and has been active in the provincial series since the 1930s.

Nickname

One speaks of "Vlamertingse Pottebrekers" (Vlamertinger Pottbrechern), and the pots that are meant here are obviously beer pots.

Known residents

  • Joris Six

Honorary citizen

  • Jan Hoet (first person in the history of Vlamertinge to receive honorary citizenship)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A demographic schets van West-Vlaanderen (PDF)
  2. ↑ Elverdingevlamertinge brochure . In: Issuu . ( issuu.com [accessed November 11, 2018]).