en.unionpedia.org

Aalst, Belgium, the Glossary

Aalst (Alost,; Brabantian: Oilsjt) is a city and municipality on the Dender River, northwest from Brussels in the Flemish province of East Flanders.^[1]

Open in Google Maps

132 relations: Aalst railway station, Adolf Daens, Affligem, Antisemitism, Antwerp, Arrondissement of Aalst, Ash Wednesday, Asse, Battle of Ramillies, Battle of Roosebeke, Belfries of Belgium and France, Belgian Second Division, Bernard Le Grelle, Bert Kruismans, Brabant killers, Brabantian dialect, Brewery, Bruges, Brussels, Bulgaria, Carillon, Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Christ Appointing Saint Roch as Patron Saint of Plague Victims, Christene Volkspartij, Christian Democratic and Flemish, Christoph D'Haese, Christopher Columbus, City status in Belgium, Cologne, Countertenor, County of Flanders, Daens (film), Dender, Denderleeuw, Dendermonde, Dimitri Verhulst, Dirk Martens, Dutch language, Dutch people, East Flanders, Eighty Years' War, Erpe-Mere, Escutcheon (heraldry), Euro coins, Flanders, Flemish Brabant, Flemish Region, Franz Cumont, Gabrovo, ... Expand index (82 more) »
9th-century establishments in Belgium
Antisemitism in Belgium
Populated places established in the 9th century
World Heritage Sites in Belgium

Aalst railway station

Aalst railway station (Station Aalst; Gare d'Alost) is a railway station in Aalst, East Flanders, Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and Aalst railway station

Adolf Daens

Adolf Daens (18 December 1839 – 14 June 1907) was a Flemish priest from Aalst.

See Aalst, Belgium and Adolf Daens

Affligem (anciently written Afflighem) is a municipality located some west-north-west of Brussels in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, not far from the city of Aalst and the important railway junction of Denderleeuw.

See Aalst, Belgium and Affligem

Antisemitism

Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against, Jews.

See Aalst, Belgium and Antisemitism

Antwerp

Antwerp (Antwerpen; Anvers) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and Antwerp

Arrondissement of Aalst

The Arrondissement of Aalst is one of the six administrative arrondissements in the Province of East Flanders, Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and Arrondissement of Aalst

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

See Aalst, Belgium and Ash Wednesday

Asse

Asse is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.

See Aalst, Belgium and Asse

Battle of Ramillies

The Battle of Ramillies, fought on 23 May 1706, was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession.

See Aalst, Belgium and Battle of Ramillies

Battle of Roosebeke

The Battle of Roosebeke (sometimes referred by its contemporary name as Battle of Westrozebeke) took place on 27 November 1382 on the Goudberg between a Flemish army under Philip van Artevelde and a French army under Louis II of Flanders who had called upon the help of the French king Charles VI after he had suffered a defeat during the Battle of Beverhoutsveld.

See Aalst, Belgium and Battle of Roosebeke

Belfries of Belgium and France

The Belfries of Belgium and France are a group of 56 historical buildings designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites, in recognition of the civic (rather than church) belfries serving as an architectural manifestation of emerging civic independence from feudal and religious influences in the former County of Flanders (present-day French Flanders area of France and Flanders region of Belgium) and neighbouring areas which once were possessions of the House of Burgundy (in present-day Wallonia of Belgium). Aalst, Belgium and belfries of Belgium and France are world Heritage Sites in Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and Belfries of Belgium and France

Belgian Second Division

The Belgian Second Division was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League.

See Aalst, Belgium and Belgian Second Division

Bernard Le Grelle

Bernard le Grelle (born July 7, 1948) is a Belgian investigative journalist, political adviser, author, former United Nations expert and public affairs executive.

See Aalst, Belgium and Bernard Le Grelle

Bert Kruismans

Bert Kruismans (1966) is a Belgian stand-up comedian.

See Aalst, Belgium and Bert Kruismans

Brabant killers

The Brabant killers are a group of unidentified criminals responsible for a series of violent attacks that mainly occurred in the Belgian province of Brabant between 1982 and 1985. A total of 28 people died and 22 were injured. The actions of the gang, believed to consist of a core of three men, made it Belgium's most notorious unsolved crime spree.

See Aalst, Belgium and Brabant killers

Brabantian dialect

Brabantian or Brabantish, also Brabantic or Brabantine (Brabants, Standard Dutch pronunciation), is a dialect group of the Dutch language.

See Aalst, Belgium and Brabantian dialect

Brewery

A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer.

See Aalst, Belgium and Brewery

Bruges

Bruges (Brugge; Brügge) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country. Aalst, Belgium and Bruges are world Heritage Sites in Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and Bruges

Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and Brussels

Bulgaria

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.

See Aalst, Belgium and Bulgaria

Carillon

A carillon is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 bells.

See Aalst, Belgium and Carillon

Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism

Unia, or the Interfederal Center for Equal Opportunities (Interfederaal Gelijkekansencentrum) and the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism (Centre pour l'égalité des chances et la lutte contre le racisme) is an independent public institution that fights discrimination and promotes equal opportunities in Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V (Ghent, 24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555.

See Aalst, Belgium and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Christ Appointing Saint Roch as Patron Saint of Plague Victims

Christ Appointing Saint Roch as Patron Saint of Plague Victims or The Plague Victims is a 1623–1626 altarpiece by Peter Paul Rubens.

See Aalst, Belgium and Christ Appointing Saint Roch as Patron Saint of Plague Victims

Christene Volkspartij

The Christene Volkspartij (Christian People's Party) was the first Belgian Christian Democratic political party.

See Aalst, Belgium and Christene Volkspartij

Christian Democratic and Flemish

Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) is a Flemish Christian-democratic political party in Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and Christian Democratic and Flemish

Christoph D'Haese

Christoph D'Haese (born 25 February 1967) is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to the N-VA.

See Aalst, Belgium and Christoph D'Haese

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus (between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.

See Aalst, Belgium and Christopher Columbus

City status in Belgium

City status in Belgium is granted to a select group of municipalities by a royal decree or by an act of law.

See Aalst, Belgium and City status in Belgium

Cologne

Cologne (Köln; Kölle) is the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region.

See Aalst, Belgium and Cologne

Countertenor

A countertenor (also contra tenor) is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of the female contralto or mezzo-soprano voice types, generally extending from around G3 to D5 or E5, although a sopranist (a specific kind of countertenor) may match the soprano's range of around C4 to C6.

See Aalst, Belgium and Countertenor

County of Flanders

The County of Flanders was one of the most powerful political entities in the medieval Low Countries, located on the North Sea coast of what is now Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and County of Flanders

Daens (film)

Daens is a 1992 Belgian period drama film directed by Stijn Coninx and based on a novel by Louis Paul Boon.

See Aalst, Belgium and Daens (film)

Dender

The Dender (Dutch) or Dendre (French) is a long river in Belgium, the right tributary of the river Scheldt.

See Aalst, Belgium and Dender

Denderleeuw

Denderleeuw is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. Aalst, Belgium and Denderleeuw are municipalities of East Flanders.

See Aalst, Belgium and Denderleeuw

Dendermonde

Dendermonde (Termonde) is a city in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium. Aalst, Belgium and Dendermonde are municipalities of East Flanders and world Heritage Sites in Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and Dendermonde

Dimitri Verhulst

Dimitri Verhulst (born 2 October 1972) is a Belgian writer and poet.

See Aalst, Belgium and Dimitri Verhulst

Dirk Martens

Dirk Martens (Theodoricus Martinus) (1446 or 1447 – 28 May 1534) was a printer and editor in the County of Flanders.

See Aalst, Belgium and Dirk Martens

Dutch language

Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.

See Aalst, Belgium and Dutch language

Dutch people

The Dutch (Dutch) are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands.

See Aalst, Belgium and Dutch people

East Flanders

East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen, Flandre-Orientale, Ostflandern, Ôost-Vloandern) is a province of Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and East Flanders

Eighty Years' War

The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt (Nederlandse Opstand) (c. 1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government.

See Aalst, Belgium and Eighty Years' War

Erpe-Mere

Erpe-Mere is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. Aalst, Belgium and Erpe-Mere are municipalities of East Flanders.

See Aalst, Belgium and Erpe-Mere

Escutcheon (heraldry)

In heraldry, an escutcheon is a shield that forms the main or focal element in an achievement of arms.

See Aalst, Belgium and Escutcheon (heraldry)

Euro coins

There are eight euro coin denominations, ranging from one cent to two euros (the euro is divided into a hundred cents).

See Aalst, Belgium and Euro coins

Flanders

Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and Flanders

Flemish Brabant

Flemish Brabant (Vlaams-Brabant; Brabant flamand) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and Flemish Brabant

Flemish Region

The Flemish Region (Vlaams Gewest), usually simply referred to as Flanders (Vlaanderen), is one of the three regions of Belgium—alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region.

See Aalst, Belgium and Flemish Region

Franz Cumont

Franz-Valéry-Marie Cumont (3 January 1868 in Aalst, Belgium – 20 August 1947 in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre near Brussels) was a Belgian archaeologist and historian, a philologist and student of epigraphy, who brought these often isolated specialties to bear on the syncretic mystery religions of Late Antiquity, notably Mithraism.

See Aalst, Belgium and Franz Cumont

Gabrovo

Gabrovo (Габрово) is a city in central northern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Gabrovo Province.

See Aalst, Belgium and Gabrovo

Geert De Vlieger

Geert De Vlieger (born 16 October 1971) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

See Aalst, Belgium and Geert De Vlieger

Gonda Van Steen

Gonda Aline Hector Van Steen (born 8 April 1964 in Aalst, Belgium) is a Belgian-American classical scholar and linguist, who specialises in ancient and modern Greek language and literature.

See Aalst, Belgium and Gonda Van Steen

Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.

See Aalst, Belgium and Gothic architecture

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the highest class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM).

See Aalst, Belgium and Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Groot Park

The Groot park or Park schepen de Wolf or city park of Aalst (stadspark) is a park in the Belgian city of Aalst.

See Aalst, Belgium and Groot Park

Guild

A guild is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular territory.

See Aalst, Belgium and Guild

Haaltert

Haaltert is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. Aalst, Belgium and Haaltert are municipalities of East Flanders.

See Aalst, Belgium and Haaltert

Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne

Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne (11 September 161127 July 1675), commonly known as Turenne, was a French general and one of only six Marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France.

See Aalst, Belgium and Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne

Herman Le Compte

Herman Le Compte (26 April 1929 in Aalst – 3 January 2008 in Knokke) was a Belgian physician and gerontologist.

See Aalst, Belgium and Herman Le Compte

Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.

See Aalst, Belgium and Holy Roman Empire

Hops

Hops are the flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant Humulus lupulus, a member of the Cannabaceae family of flowering plants.

See Aalst, Belgium and Hops

Hundred Years' War

The Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages.

See Aalst, Belgium and Hundred Years' War

Ilse Uyttersprot

Ilse Uyttersprot (10 May 1967 – 4 August 2020) was a Belgian Christian Democrat politician who served as a CD&V member of the Chamber of Representatives for East Flanders.

See Aalst, Belgium and Ilse Uyttersprot

Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.

See Aalst, Belgium and Industrial Revolution

Jo Bogaert

Jo Bogaert (born 1956) is a Belgian musician, songwriter, and record producer.

See Aalst, Belgium and Jo Bogaert

Landgraviate of Brabant

The Landgraviate of Brabant (1085–1183, Landgraafschap Brabant, Comté de Brabant) was a small medieval fiefdom west of Brussels, consisting of the area between the Dender and Zenne rivers in the Low Countries, then part of the Holy Roman Empire.

See Aalst, Belgium and Landgraviate of Brabant

Lebbeke

Lebbeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. Aalst, Belgium and Lebbeke are municipalities of East Flanders.

See Aalst, Belgium and Lebbeke

Lede, Belgium

Lede is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders, in the Denderstreek near the cities of Ghent, Aalst and Dendermonde. Aalst, Belgium and Lede, Belgium are municipalities of East Flanders.

See Aalst, Belgium and Lede, Belgium

Lent

Lent (Quadragesima, 'Fortieth') is the solemn Christian religious observance in the liturgical year commemorating the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public ministry.

See Aalst, Belgium and Lent

Lobbes

Lobbes (Lôbe) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and Lobbes

Lotharingia

Lotharingia was a medieval successor kingdom of the Carolingian Empire.

See Aalst, Belgium and Lotharingia

Louis D'Haeseleer

Louis (Lodewijk) Benoît D'Haeseleer (20 October 1911 – 12 August 1988) was a Belgian clerk and liberal politician.

See Aalst, Belgium and Louis D'Haeseleer

Louis II, Count of Flanders

Louis II (Lodewijk van Male; Louis II de Flandre) (25 October 1330, Male – 30 January 1384, Lille), also known as Louis of Male, a member of the House of Dampierre, was Count of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel from 1346 as well as Count of Artois and Burgundy from 1382 until his death.

See Aalst, Belgium and Louis II, Count of Flanders

Louis Paul Boon

Lodewijk Paul Aalbrecht (Louis Paul) Boon (15 March 1912, in Aalst – 10 May 1979, in Erembodegem) was a Belgian writer of novels, poetry, pornography, columns and art criticism.

See Aalst, Belgium and Louis Paul Boon

Low Countries

The Low Countries (de Lage Landen; les Pays-Bas), historically also known as the Netherlands (de Nederlanden), is a coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower basin of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and consisting today of the three modern "Benelux" countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (Nederland, which is singular).

See Aalst, Belgium and Low Countries

Luc Luycx

Luc Luycx (born 11 April 1958) is the designer of the common side of the euro coins.

See Aalst, Belgium and Luc Luycx

Luc Van den Bossche

Luc Van den Bossche (born 16 September 1947, in Aalst, Belgium) is a Belgian socialist politician and father of Freya Van den Bossche.

See Aalst, Belgium and Luc Van den Bossche

Manneken Pis

paren) is a landmark bronze fountain sculpture in central Brussels, Belgium, depicting a puer mingens; a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. Though its existence is attested as early as the mid-15th century, Manneken Pis was redesigned by the Brabantine sculptor Jérôme Duquesnoy the Elder and put in place in 1619.

See Aalst, Belgium and Manneken Pis

Mark De Bie

Mark De Bie (born 5 February 1939 in Aalst - Baardegem, Belgium) is a retired Belgian television writer.

See Aalst, Belgium and Mark De Bie

Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

See Aalst, Belgium and Middle Ages

Molenbeek-Ter Erpenbeek

The Molenbeek-Ter Erpenbeek or in popular language Molenbeek (English: Millbrook-Ter Erpenbrook) is a brook in the Denderstreek, Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and Molenbeek-Ter Erpenbeek

Monika Triest

Monika Triest (born 1941) is a Belgian academic, writer, and civil rights activist.

See Aalst, Belgium and Monika Triest

Moorsel

Moorsel is a village in the Denderstreek in the province East Flanders in Belgium, a deelgemeente of the city of Aalst.

See Aalst, Belgium and Moorsel

Municipalities of Belgium

Belgium comprises 581 municipalities (gemeenten; communes; Gemeinden), 300 of them grouped into five provinces in Flanders and 262 others in five provinces in Wallonia, while the remaining 19 are in the Brussels Capital Region, which is not divided in provinces.

See Aalst, Belgium and Municipalities of Belgium

New Flemish Alliance

The New Flemish Alliance (Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie,, N-VA) is a Flemish nationalist, conservative and Eurosceptic political party in Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and New Flemish Alliance

Okapi Aalst

Okapi Aalst is a Belgian professional basketball club from Aalst, Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and Okapi Aalst

Old University of Leuven

The Old University of Leuven (or of Louvain) is the name historians give to the university, or studium generale, founded in Leuven, Brabant (then part of the Burgundian Netherlands, now part of Belgium), in 1425.

See Aalst, Belgium and Old University of Leuven

Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Meuleschettekapel

Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Meuleschettekapel, also known as The Meuleschettekapel, is a chapel in the Dirk Martensstraat in Aalst, Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Meuleschettekapel

Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats

The Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld) is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats

Opwijk

Opwijk is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.

See Aalst, Belgium and Opwijk

Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism.

See Aalst, Belgium and Orthodox Judaism

Patrick Van Goethem

Patrick Van Goethem (born 1969) is a Belgian countertenor, known for performing early music.

See Aalst, Belgium and Patrick Van Goethem

Peter Paul Rubens

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat.

See Aalst, Belgium and Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Van der Heyden

Peter Van der Heyden (born 16 July 1976) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

See Aalst, Belgium and Peter Van der Heyden

Philip van Artevelde

Philip van Artevelde (c. 1340 – 27 November 1382) was a Flemish patriot, the son of Jacob van Artevelde.

See Aalst, Belgium and Philip van Artevelde

Pieter Coecke van Aelst

Pieter Coecke van Aelst or Pieter Coecke van Aelst the Elder (Aalst, 14 August 1502 – Brussels, 6 December 1550) was a Flemish painter, sculptor, architect, author and designer of woodcuts, goldsmith's work, stained glass and tapestries.

See Aalst, Belgium and Pieter Coecke van Aelst

Pieter De Bruyne

Pieter De Bruyne (Aalst, Belgium, 1931 - 1987) was a Flemish artist, designer and interior architect.

See Aalst, Belgium and Pieter De Bruyne

Provinces of Belgium

The Kingdom of Belgium is divided into three regions.

See Aalst, Belgium and Provinces of Belgium

Remco Evenepoel

Remco Evenepoel (born 25 January 2000) is a Belgian professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam.

See Aalst, Belgium and Remco Evenepoel

Repsol Honda

Repsol Honda is the official factory team of the Honda Racing Corporation in the MotoGP class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing (World Championship road racing), backed by principal sponsor Repsol.

See Aalst, Belgium and Repsol Honda

Rerum novarum

Rerum novarum (from its incipit, with the direct translation of the Latin meaning "of revolutionary change"), or Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor, is an encyclical issued by Pope Leo XIII on 15 May 1891.

See Aalst, Belgium and Rerum novarum

Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

See Aalst, Belgium and Reuters

S.C. Eendracht Aalst

SC Eendracht Aalst is a Belgian football club based in Aalst, East Flanders.

See Aalst, Belgium and S.C. Eendracht Aalst

Saint-Joseph Church (Aalst)

The Saint-Joseph Church (Dutch: Sint-Jozefkerk) is a neo-Gothic church with basilical construction, located in the Belgian city of Aalst (province of East Flanders).

See Aalst, Belgium and Saint-Joseph Church (Aalst)

Sébastien Verhulst

Sébastien Verhulst (19 February 1907 – 20 March 1944) was a Belgian footballer who represented his nation at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the Netherlands.

See Aalst, Belgium and Sébastien Verhulst

Schepenhuis, Aalst

The Schepenhuis (Aldermen's House) of Aalst, East Flanders, Belgium, is a former city hall, one of the oldest in the Low Countries.

See Aalst, Belgium and Schepenhuis, Aalst

Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Tuesday or Pancake Day) is the final day of Shrovetide, marking the end of pre-Lent.

See Aalst, Belgium and Shrove Tuesday

Sophie Wilmès

Sophie Wilmès (born 15 January 1975) is a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 2019 to 2020.

See Aalst, Belgium and Sophie Wilmès

Southern Netherlands

The Southern Netherlands, also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the parts of the Low Countries belonging to the Holy Roman Empire which were at first largely controlled by Habsburg Spain (Spanish Netherlands, 1556–1714) and later by the Austrian Habsburgs (Austrian Netherlands, 1714–1794) until occupied and annexed by Revolutionary France (1794–1815).

See Aalst, Belgium and Southern Netherlands

Spanish Empire

The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976.

See Aalst, Belgium and Spanish Empire

Stijn Coninx

Stijn, Baron Coninx (born 21 February 1957) is a Belgian film director.

See Aalst, Belgium and Stijn Coninx

Textile industry

The textile industry is primarily concerned with the design, production and distribution of textiles: yarn, cloth and clothing.

See Aalst, Belgium and Textile industry

The Brussels Times

The Brussels Times is an English-language Belgian news website, and magazine, headquartered at Avenue Louise in Brussels.

See Aalst, Belgium and The Brussels Times

The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

See Aalst, Belgium and The Guardian

The Times of Israel

The Times of Israel is an Israeli multi-language online newspaper that was launched in 2012.

See Aalst, Belgium and The Times of Israel

Thieves of the Wood

Thieves of the Wood is a 10-episode historical drama based on the life of the 18th-century outlaw leader Jan de Lichte, a native of Aalst in what is now Belgium.

See Aalst, Belgium and Thieves of the Wood

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

See Aalst, Belgium and UNESCO

UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists

UNESCO established its Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage with the aim of ensuring better protection of important intangible cultural heritages worldwide and the awareness of their significance.

See Aalst, Belgium and UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists

University of Amsterdam

The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

See Aalst, Belgium and University of Amsterdam

University of Cincinnati

The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati, informally Cincy) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.

See Aalst, Belgium and University of Cincinnati

Valerius de Saedeleer

Valerius de Saedeleer or Valerius De Saedeleer at Aalst city website (4 August 1867 – 16 September 1941) was a Belgian landscape painter, whose works are informed by a Symbolist and mystic-religious sensitivity and the traditions of 16th-century Flemish landscape painting.

See Aalst, Belgium and Valerius de Saedeleer

Villa

A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house.

See Aalst, Belgium and Villa

Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond

The (Dutch for "Flemish National Union" or "Flemish National League"), widely known by its acronym VNV, was a Flemish nationalist political party active in Belgium between 1933 and 1945.

See Aalst, Belgium and Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond

War of Devolution

The War of Devolution took place from May 1667 to May 1668.

See Aalst, Belgium and War of Devolution

Weaving

Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth.

See Aalst, Belgium and Weaving

Wilfried Wesemael

Wilfried Wesemael (born 31 January 1950) is a former Belgian professional racing cyclist.

See Aalst, Belgium and Wilfried Wesemael

Women's studies

Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppression; and the relationships between power and gender as they intersect with other identities and social locations such as race, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, and disability.

See Aalst, Belgium and Women's studies

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aalst,_Belgium

Also known as Aalst (Belgium), Aalst, East Flanders, Alost, Alostum, Baardegem, Erembodegem, Gijzegem, Herdersem, Hofstade (Aalst), Hofstade (East Flanders), Nieuwerkerken-Aalst, Oalst, Oilsjt.

, Geert De Vlieger, Gonda Van Steen, Gothic architecture, Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Groot Park, Guild, Haaltert, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne, Herman Le Compte, Holy Roman Empire, Hops, Hundred Years' War, Ilse Uyttersprot, Industrial Revolution, Jo Bogaert, Landgraviate of Brabant, Lebbeke, Lede, Belgium, Lent, Lobbes, Lotharingia, Louis D'Haeseleer, Louis II, Count of Flanders, Louis Paul Boon, Low Countries, Luc Luycx, Luc Van den Bossche, Manneken Pis, Mark De Bie, Middle Ages, Molenbeek-Ter Erpenbeek, Monika Triest, Moorsel, Municipalities of Belgium, New Flemish Alliance, Okapi Aalst, Old University of Leuven, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Meuleschettekapel, Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats, Opwijk, Orthodox Judaism, Patrick Van Goethem, Peter Paul Rubens, Peter Van der Heyden, Philip van Artevelde, Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Pieter De Bruyne, Provinces of Belgium, Remco Evenepoel, Repsol Honda, Rerum novarum, Reuters, S.C. Eendracht Aalst, Saint-Joseph Church (Aalst), Sébastien Verhulst, Schepenhuis, Aalst, Shrove Tuesday, Sophie Wilmès, Southern Netherlands, Spanish Empire, Stijn Coninx, Textile industry, The Brussels Times, The Guardian, The Times of Israel, Thieves of the Wood, UNESCO, UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists, University of Amsterdam, University of Cincinnati, Valerius de Saedeleer, Villa, Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond, War of Devolution, Weaving, Wilfried Wesemael, Women's studies, Worcester, South Africa, World Heritage Site, World War II, 13 Commandments, 2020 in politics.

Aalst, Belgium, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

9th-century establishments in Belgium

Antisemitism in Belgium

Populated places established in the 9th century

World Heritage Sites in Belgium

References