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Grimbergen, the Glossary

Grimbergen is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium, north of the capital Brussels.^[1]

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Aalst, Belgium

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

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Alison Van Uytvanck

Alison Van Uytvanck (born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian professional tennis player.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange

Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (12 January 1759) was the second child and eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain and his consort Caroline of Ansbach.

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Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde

The Halle-Vilvoorde Arrondissement is one of the two administrative arrondissements in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.

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August De Winter

August Maria Christiaan De Winter (12 May 1925 – 30 July 2005) was a liberal Belgian politician of the PVV.

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Augustinians

Augustinians are members of several religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written in about 400 AD by Augustine of Hippo.

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Baroque

The Baroque is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s.

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Basilica

In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica was a large public building with multiple functions that was typically built alongside the town's forum.

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Beer

Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches from cereal grains—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used.

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Belgian French (français de Belgique) is the variety of French spoken mainly among the French Community of Belgium, alongside related Oïl languages of the region such as Walloon, Picard, Champenois, and Lorrain (Gaumais).

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Belgian Revolution

The Belgian Revolution was the conflict which led to the secession of the southern provinces (mainly the former Southern Netherlands) from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of Belgium.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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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.

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Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal

The Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal (Canal maritime de Bruxelles à l'Escaut; Zeekanaal Brussel-Schelde), also known as the Willebroek Canal amongst other similar names, is an important canal in Belgium.

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Carillon

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

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Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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City of Brussels

The City of Brussels is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of the Flemish Region (from which it is separate) and Belgium.

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Dender

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

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Duke of Brabant

The Duke of Brabant was the ruler of the Duchy of Brabant since 1183/1184.

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Dutch in Belgium

The Dutch language used in Belgium can also be referred to as Flemish Dutch or Belgian Dutch (Vlaams Nederlands, Belgisch Nederlands).

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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.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Field hockey

Field hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper.

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Flemish Brabant

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

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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.

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A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football.

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French Wars of Religion

The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants (called Huguenots) from 1562 to 1598.

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Godfrey III, Count of Louvain

Godfrey III (Godfried; 1142 – 21 August 1190) was count of Louvain (or Leuven), landgrave of Brabant, margrave of Antwerp, and duke of Lower Lorraine (as Godfrey VIII) from 1142 to his death.

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Godfrey the Bearded

Godfrey III (– 1069), called the Bearded, was the eldest son of Gothelo I, Duke of Upper and Lower Lorraine.

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Grimbergen

Grimbergen is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium, north of the capital Brussels. Grimbergen and Grimbergen are municipalities of Flemish Brabant.

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Grimbergen (beer)

Grimbergen is the brand name of a variety of Belgian abbey beers.

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Grimbergen Abbey

Grimbergen Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery in Grimbergen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, established in 1128 in the place of an earlier foundation of Augustinian Canons.

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Grimbergen Airfield

Grimbergen Airfield (Vliegveld Grimbergen) is a general aviation aerodrome located in Grimbergen, a municipality of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium.

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House of Glyme

The House of Glymes was an old Belgian noble family, an illegitimate branch of the House of Reginarid, which ruled the Duchy of Brabant.

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House of Nassau

The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe.

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Hugo Broos

Hugo Henri Broos (born 10 April 1952) is a Belgian football manager and former player.

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Humbeek

Humbeek is a small town in Belgium with approximately 4,574 inhabitants.

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Kapelle-op-den-Bos

Kapelle-op-den-Bos is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. Grimbergen and Kapelle-op-den-Bos are municipalities of Flemish Brabant.

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Keep

A keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility.

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Kermesse (festival)

Kermesse, or kermis, or kirmess, is an outdoor fair or festival usually organized for charitable purposes.

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Meise

Meise is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. Grimbergen and Meise are municipalities of Flemish Brabant.

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Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

italic (French) or italic (Dutch), often simply called Molenbeek, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.

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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.

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National Company of Light Railways

The National Company of Light Railways (Nationale Maatschappij Van Buurtspoorwegen, abbreviated as NMVB; Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Vicinaux, abbreviated as SNCV) was a state-owned transportation provider which comprised a system of narrow-gauge tramways or local railways in Belgium, which covered the whole country, including the countryside, and had a greater route length than the mainline railway system.

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Nativity scene

In the Christian tradition, a nativity scene (also known as a manger scene, crib, crèche, or in Italian presepio or presepe, or Bethlehem) is the special exhibition, particularly during the Christmas season, of art objects representing the birth of Jesus.

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New Flemish Alliance

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

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Ninove

Ninove is a city and municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium.

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Norbert of Xanten

Norbert of Xanten, O. Praem (c. 1075 – 6 June 1134) (Xanten-Magdeburg), also known as Norbert Gennep, was Archbishop of Magdeburg, founder of the Premonstratensian order of canons regular, and is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

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Old Dutch

In linguistics, Old Dutch (Modern Dutch: Oudnederlands) or Old Low Franconian (Modern Dutch: Oudnederfrankisch) is the set of dialects that evolved from Frankish spoken in the Low Countries during the Early Middle Ages, from around the 6th Page 55: "Uit de zesde eeuw dateren de oudst bekende geschreven woorden en tekstjes in de Lage Landen, waarmee de periode van het oud-Nederlands begint." or 9th Page 27: "Aan het einde van de negende eeuw kan er zeker van Nederlands gesproken worden; hoe long daarvoor dat ook het geval was, kan niet met zekerheid worden uitgemaakt." to the 12th century.

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Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats

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

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Patron saint

A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person.

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Pieter Timmers

Pieter Timmers (born 21 January 1988) is a Belgian retired competitive swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.

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Premonstratensians

The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular of the Catholic Church founded in Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Norbert of Xanten, who later became Archbishop of Magdeburg.

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Procession

A procession is an organized body of people walking in a formal or ceremonial manner.

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Provinces of Belgium

The Kingdom of Belgium is divided into three regions.

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R.W.D.M. Brussels F.C.

Racing White Daring Molenbeek Brussels F.C., often simply referred to as RWDM Brussels, F.C. Brussels or simply Brussels, was a Belgian professional association football club based in the municipality of Molenbeek, in the Brussels Capital-Region.

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Renaissance architecture

Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimbergen

Also known as Beigem, Grimbergen Wars, Grimbergen, Flemish Brabant, Grimberghe.

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