Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Halle, Belgium

Index Halle, Belgium

Halle (Hal) is a city and municipality of Belgium, in the district (arrondissement) Halle-Vilvoorde of the province Flemish Brabant. [1]

80 relations: Adrien-François Servais, Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, Ancient Rome, Arenberg, Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde, Basilica, Bavaria, Beersel, Belgium, Black Madonna, Boon Brewery, Braine-l'Alleud, Braine-le-Château, Brussels, Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde, Brussels–Charleroi Canal, Buizingen, Cardinal (Catholic Church), Carnival, Celts, Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams, County of Hainaut, De Standaard, Duchy of Brabant, Duke of Burgundy, Dutch language, Edward I of England, Flanders, Flemish Brabant, French Revolution, Germanic peoples, Gothic architecture, Hainaut (province), Halle train collision, Hallerbos, House of Wittelsbach, Hubertus, Isabella Clara Eugenia, Joan, Countess of Flanders, John II, Count of Holland, Joseph Cardijn, Justus Lipsius, Kadaň, Lambic, Lembeek, Lent, Lille, Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Louis XI of France, Louis XIV of France, ..., Martin of Tours, Mary of Burgundy, Mary, mother of Jesus, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Mayor, Merovingian dynasty, Mons, Mouvaux, Municipalities of Belgium, Napoleon, Nervii, Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten, Pajottenland, Pepingen, Philip IV of Spain, Philip the Bold, Procession, Renaissance, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Sister city, Socialistische Partij Anders, Society of Jesus, Tongeren, Tubize, Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie, Wallonia, Walloon Brabant, Waltrude, Werl, Young Christian Workers. Expand index (30 more) »

Adrien-François Servais

Adrien-François Servais (6 June 180726 November 1866) was one of the most influential cellists of the nineteenth century.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Adrien-François Servais · See more »

Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

Albert VII (Albrecht VII) (13 November 1559 – 13 July 1621) was the ruling Archduke of Austria for a few months in 1619 and, jointly with his wife, Isabella Clara Eugenia, sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1598 and 1621.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Albert VII, Archduke of Austria · See more »

Ancient Rome

In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Ancient Rome · See more »

Arenberg

Arenberg, also spelled as Aremberg or Ahremberg, is a former county, principality and finally duchy that was located in what is now Germany.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Arenberg · See more »

Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde

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

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde · See more »

Basilica

A basilica is a type of building, usually a church, that is typically rectangular with a central nave and aisles, usually with a slightly raised platform and an apse at one or both ends.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Basilica · See more »

Bavaria

Bavaria (Bavarian and Bayern), officially the Free State of Bavaria (Freistaat Bayern), is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Bavaria · See more »

Beersel

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

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Beersel · See more »

Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Belgium · See more »

Black Madonna

The term Black Madonna or Black Virgin refers to statues or paintings of the Blessed Virgin Mary in which she, and often the infant Jesus, are depicted with black or dark skin.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Black Madonna · See more »

Boon Brewery

Boon Brewery (Brouwerij Boon) is a Belgian brewery situated in Lembeek, near Brussels, that mainly produces geuze and kriek beer of a fairly traditional lambic variety, but using distinctly modern brewing techniques and equipment.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Boon Brewery · See more »

Braine-l'Alleud

Braine-l'Alleud (Eigenbrakel) is a Walloon municipality in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant, about south of Brussels.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Braine-l'Alleud · See more »

Braine-le-Château

Braine-le-Château (in Walloon: Brinne-Tchestea; in Dutch: Kasteelbrakel) is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Braine-le-Château · See more »

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 de jure capital of Belgium.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Brussels · See more »

Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde

The area within Belgium known as Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde encompasses the bilingual (French and Dutch) Brussels-Capital Region, which coincides with the administrative arrondissement of Brussels-Capital and the surrounding Dutch-speaking area of Halle-Vilvoorde, which in turn coincides with the administrative Halle-Vilvoorde administrative Arrondissement.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde · See more »

Brussels–Charleroi Canal

The Brussels–Charleroi Canal, also known as the Charleroi Canal amongst other similar names, (canal Bruxelles-Charleroi, kanaal Brussel-Charleroi) is an important canal in Belgium.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Brussels–Charleroi Canal · See more »

Buizingen

Buizingen is a village in the municipality of Halle, Belgium.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Buizingen · See more »

Cardinal (Catholic Church)

A cardinal (Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church) is a senior ecclesiastical leader, considered a Prince of the Church, and usually an ordained bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Cardinal (Catholic Church) · See more »

Carnival

Carnival (see other spellings and names) is a Western Christian and Greek Orthodox festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Carnival · See more »

Celts

The Celts (see pronunciation of ''Celt'' for different usages) were an Indo-European people in Iron Age and Medieval Europe who spoke Celtic languages and had cultural similarities, although the relationship between ethnic, linguistic and cultural factors in the Celtic world remains uncertain and controversial.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Celts · See more »

Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams

Christian Democratic and Flemish (Dutch: Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams, CD&V) is a Christian democratic Flemish political party in Belgium.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams · See more »

County of Hainaut

The County of Hainaut (Comté de Hainaut, Graafschap Henegouwen; Grafschaft Hennegau), sometimes given the archaic spellings Hainault and Heynowes, was a historical lordship within the medieval Holy Roman Empire, with its capital at Mons (Bergen).

New!!: Halle, Belgium and County of Hainaut · See more »

De Standaard

De Standaard (meaning The Standard in English) is a Flemish daily newspaper published in Belgium by Mediahuis (formerly Corelio and VUM).

New!!: Halle, Belgium and De Standaard · See more »

Duchy of Brabant

The Duchy of Brabant was a State of the Holy Roman Empire established in 1183.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Duchy of Brabant · See more »

Duke of Burgundy

Duke of Burgundy (duc de Bourgogne) was a title borne by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, a small portion of traditional lands of Burgundians west of river Saône which in 843 was allotted to Charles the Bald's kingdom of West Franks.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Duke of Burgundy · See more »

Dutch language

The Dutch language is a West Germanic language, spoken by around 23 million people as a first language (including the population of the Netherlands where it is the official language, and about sixty percent of Belgium where it is one of the three official languages) and by another 5 million as a second language.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Dutch language · See more »

Edward I of England

Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots (Malleus Scotorum), was King of England from 1272 to 1307.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Edward I of England · See more »

Flanders

Flanders (Vlaanderen, Flandre, Flandern) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium, although there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, language, politics and history.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Flanders · See more »

Flemish Brabant

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

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Flemish Brabant · See more »

French Revolution

The French Revolution (Révolution française) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies that lasted from 1789 until 1799.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and French Revolution · See more »

Germanic peoples

The Germanic peoples (also called Teutonic, Suebian, or Gothic in older literature) are an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group of Northern European origin.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Germanic peoples · See more »

Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style that flourished in Europe during the High and Late Middle Ages.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Gothic architecture · See more »

Hainaut (province)

Hainaut (Hainaut,; Henegouwen,; Hinnot; Hénau) is a province of Belgium in the Walloon region.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Hainaut (province) · See more »

Halle train collision

The Halle train collision (also known as the Buizingen train collision) was a collision between two NMBS/SNCB passenger trains carrying 250–300 people in Buizingen, in the municipality of Halle, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, on 15 February 2010.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Halle train collision · See more »

Hallerbos

The Hallerbos (Dutch for Halle forest) is a forest in Belgium, covering an area of.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Hallerbos · See more »

House of Wittelsbach

The House of Wittelsbach is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Bavaria.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and House of Wittelsbach · See more »

Hubertus

Saint Hubertus or Hubert (656 – 30 May 727) became Bishop of Liège in 708 AD.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Hubertus · See more »

Isabella Clara Eugenia

Isabella Clara Eugenia (Isabel Clara Eugenia; 12 August 1566 – 1 December 1633) was sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands in the Low Countries and the north of modern France, together with her husband Albert VII, Archduke of Austria.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Isabella Clara Eugenia · See more »

Joan, Countess of Flanders

Joan, often called Joan of Constantinople (1200? – 5 December 1244), ruled as Countess of Flanders and Hainaut from 1205 until her death.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Joan, Countess of Flanders · See more »

John II, Count of Holland

John II of Avesnes (1247 – 22 August 1304) was Count of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and John II, Count of Holland · See more »

Joseph Cardijn

Joseph Leo Cardijn (13 November 1882 – 24 July 1967) was a Belgian Roman Catholic cardinal and the founder of the Young Christian Workers.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Joseph Cardijn · See more »

Justus Lipsius

Justus Lipsius (Joest Lips or Joost Lips; 18 October 1547 – 23 March 1606) was a Flemish philologist, philosopher and humanist.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Justus Lipsius · See more »

Kadaň

Kadaň (Kaaden), is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Kadaň · See more »

Lambic

Lambic is a type of beer brewed in the Pajottenland region of Belgium southwest of Brussels and in Brussels itself at the Cantillon Brewery.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Lambic · See more »

Lembeek

Lembeek is a village with a population of 7 256 in the municipality of Halle, Belgium.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Lembeek · See more »

Lent

Lent (Latin: Quadragesima: Fortieth) is a solemn religious observance in the Christian liturgical calendar that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends approximately six weeks later, before Easter Sunday.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Lent · See more »

Lille

Lille (Rijsel; Rysel) is a city at the northern tip of France, in French Flanders.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Lille · See more »

Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Louis IV (Ludwig; 1 April 1282 – 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian, of the house of Wittelsbach, was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor · See more »

Louis XI of France

Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (le Prudent), was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1461 to 1483.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Louis XI of France · See more »

Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (Roi Soleil), was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Louis XIV of France · See more »

Martin of Tours

Saint Martin of Tours (Sanctus Martinus Turonensis; 316 or 336 – 8 November 397) was Bishop of Tours, whose shrine in France became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Martin of Tours · See more »

Mary of Burgundy

Mary (Marie; Maria; 13 February 1457 – 27 March 1482), Duchess of Burgundy, reigned over many of the territories of the Duchy of Burgundy, now mainly in France and the Low Countries, from 1477 until her death.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Mary of Burgundy · See more »

Mary, mother of Jesus

Mary was a 1st-century BC Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth, and the mother of Jesus, according to the New Testament and the Quran.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Mary, mother of Jesus · See more »

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian I (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519) was King of the Romans (also known as King of the Germans) from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death, though he was never crowned by the Pope, as the journey to Rome was always too risky.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor · See more »

Mayor

In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin maior, meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Mayor · See more »

Merovingian dynasty

The Merovingians were a Salian Frankish dynasty that ruled the Franks for nearly 300 years in a region known as Francia in Latin, beginning in the middle of the 5th century.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Merovingian dynasty · See more »

Mons

Mons (Bergen; Mont; Mont) is a Walloon city and municipality, and the capital of the Belgian province of Hainaut.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Mons · See more »

Mouvaux

Mouvaux is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Mouvaux · See more »

Municipalities of Belgium

Belgium comprises 589 municipalities (gemeenten; communes; Gemeinden) grouped into five provinces in each of two regions and into a third region, the Brussels-Capital Region, comprising 19 municipalities that do not belong to a province.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Municipalities of Belgium · See more »

Napoleon

Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Napoleon · See more »

Nervii

The Nervii were one of the most powerful Celtic tribes,; living in northern Gaul at the time of its conquest by Rome.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Nervii · See more »

Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten

No description.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten · See more »

Pajottenland

The Pajottenland (in English occasionally Payottenland) is a distinct region within the Flemish Brabant province of Belgium.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Pajottenland · See more »

Pepingen

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

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Pepingen · See more »

Philip IV of Spain

Philip IV of Spain (Felipe IV; 8 April 1605 – 17 September 1665) was King of Spain (as Philip IV in Castille and Philip III in Aragon) and Portugal as Philip III (Filipe III).

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Philip IV of Spain · See more »

Philip the Bold

Philip the Bold (17 January 1342 – 27 April 1404, Halle) was Duke of Burgundy (as Philip II) and jure uxoris Count of Flanders (as Philip II), Artois and Burgundy (as Philip IV).

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Philip the Bold · See more »

Procession

A procession (French procession via Middle English, derived from Latin, processio, from procedere, to go forth, advance, proceed) is an organized body of people walking in a formal or ceremonial manner.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Procession · See more »

Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period in European history, covering the span between the 14th and 17th centuries.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Renaissance · See more »

Sint-Pieters-Leeuw

Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (Leeuw-Saint-Pierre) is a Dutch-speaking municipality of Belgium located in the province of Flemish Brabant (Flemish Region).

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · See more »

Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Sister city · See more »

Socialistische Partij Anders

Socialist Party Differently (sp.a) is a social-democratic Flemish political party in Belgium.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Socialistische Partij Anders · See more »

Society of Jesus

The Society of Jesus (SJ – from Societas Iesu) is a scholarly religious congregation of the Catholic Church which originated in sixteenth-century Spain.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Society of Jesus · See more »

Tongeren

Tongeren (Tongres, Tongern) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg, in the southeastern corner of the Flemish region of Belgium.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Tongeren · See more »

Tubize

Tubize (Tubeke) is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Tubize · See more »

Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie

The Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (Flemish Radio and Television Broadcasting Organization), or VRT, is the national public-service broadcaster for the Flemish Region and Community of Belgium.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie · See more »

Wallonia

Wallonia (Wallonie, Wallonie(n), Wallonië, Walonreye, Wallounien) is a region of Belgium.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Wallonia · See more »

Walloon Brabant

Walloon Brabant (Brabant wallon, Dutch:, Roman Payis) is a province of Belgium, located in Wallonia.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Walloon Brabant · See more »

Waltrude

Saint Waltrude (Waudru; Waldetrudis; Waltraud; Valdetrudis, Valtrudis, Waltrudis; died April 9, 688 AD) is the patron saint of Mons, Belgium, where she is known in French as Sainte Waudru, and of Herentals, Belgium, where she is known in Dutch as Sint-Waldetrudis or -Waltrudis.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Waltrude · See more »

Werl

Werl is a town located in the district of Soest in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Werl · See more »

Young Christian Workers

The Young Christian Workers (YCW; Jeunesse ouvrière chrétienne) is an international organization founded by Rev.

New!!: Halle, Belgium and Young Christian Workers · See more »

Redirects here:

Hal, Belgium, Halle (Belgium), Halle, Brabant, Halle, Flanders, History of Halle, Belgium.

References

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

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »