Drongen

Drongen (earlier spelling: Dronghen, French Tronchiennes ) is the geographically largest borough of Ghent, the provincial capital of East Flanders in the Kingdom of Belgium. The village lies on the River Lys, west of the city center of Ghent. Drongen has 12,218 inhabitants (as of December 2007) and the official language is Dutch. For family discussions, the long-established residents use Drongens but the Drongens, which is a local dialect of East Flemish dialect.

History

Prehistoric remains in Baarlevelde and Halewijn point to an ancient settlement of this area. In Bourgoyen Gallo-Roman finds were discovered. Drongendorp developed around the Abbey van Drongen, whose history dates back to the seventh century. The oldest mention Drongens comes from 820, as it was mentioned as Truncinas. The abbey was founded in the 12th century with the help of Iwein van Aalst a Norbertine.

Drongen was an old rule, which originally belonged to the Counts of Flanders. From the 11th century it passed to the House of Aalst, later, to the Lords of Kortrijk. Count Jean -Baptiste d' Hane - Steenhuyse was 1786, the last owner of the domain.

The nearby town of Baarle has a history that dates back to the Middle Ages. On January 22, 1805 Baarle was abolished as a separate municipality by French imperial decree. Links of the Lys, the area fell to Drongen, the right of the Lys at Sint -Martens- Latem. However, the church remained independent.

The area remained long in relative isolation. 1823 Drongensesteenweg is created, who created the first direct connection of the village to the city center of Ghent. The road was built in 1889 free of charge. 1838, the Ghent - Bruges railway line was laid out in an east-west direction; she was from now on a major new thoroughfare. Some farms settled in Drongen. In 1950, the E 40 was applied; the connection helped Drongen to further population growth. Next to Baarle was applied directly to the departure an industrial area. The Mystic Ring followed in 1969 after just north of Drongen.

On 1 January 1977 Drongen lost its independence and merged with Ghent.

Sint- Martinuskerk, Baarle

Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk, Luchteren

Geography

The largest area borough of Ghent comprises a total area of ​​27.43 km ². However, as regards the population is Drongen in fifth place, behind Sint- Amandsberg, Gent Brugge, Oostakker s Wondelgem. The place consists of three parishes and three village centers: Drongen center, which still rural and densely populated Luchteren Baarle. Even there can still be some hamlets and subdivisions make up, such as Halewijn that belonging to Luchteren even earlier still had its own railway station.

Clockwise borders Drongen at the Ghent boroughs Mariakerke, Ghent City, Sint- Denijs- Westrem and Afsnee, the center of Sint -Martens- Latem, Sint -Martens- Leerne in Deinze, Vosselare, Landegem and Merendree belonging to Nevele, and Vinderhoute ( Lovendegem ).

Attractions

(NB Only sights Drongen center were included here, not the other village centers of Baarle and Lucheren )

  • The Drongenplein with St. Gerolfkapellle, St Gerolf Church
  • The Hoosmühle in the nature reserve Bourgoyen - Ossemeersen
  • Fort Kapellegoed
  • The Old Abbey Drongen
  • The St. Joseph Chapel in Byzantine style
  • The Pastorei of 1773
  • The Pontbrücke on the Leie
  • The old hostel Sint- Antone, currently the lingerie business

The Pontbrücke

De Piereput, part of the ' old Leie ' in the nature reserve Assels

The Hoosmühle

The Baarlefähre that Baarle on the Leie with Sint -Martens- Latem connects

Kasteel De Campagne to Luchteren

Demography

Drongen 2007 had a foreign population of 1.3%, the unemployment rate was 3%.

Demographic Trends

Sources: NIS and Ghent - Note: 1806 up to and including 1970 Census; 1976, 1990, 2000 and 2007, residents on December 31.

Traffic

Along the railway line 50A is located in the center of the station Drongen, every hour by local train between Ghent St. Pieters and Brugge central station is approached. The station building is long gone and needed to be demolished in the near future to make a track expansion possible. Until 1984, also came Halewijn its own train station.

In Baarle is an exit of the E 40, which explains the existence of the local Drongener industrial parks and the only hotels in the borough.

Sports

Drongen has a football club PDC ( Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging Eendracht ) Drongen, a member of KBVB is. In each village there is a separate field in which to play different teams: at the Sint- Gerolfstraat, at the Noordgijzelstraat in Luchteren (near the country estate Domein De Campagne ) and Kloosterstraat in Baarle.

Resident at Drongen

  • Rock singer Dirk Blanchart
  • Luk Bral singer
  • Painter Antoon Catrie ( he is een straat naar Catrie genoemd )
  • Actor, singer, author, and sat as a council member Koen Crucke (Open Vld ) ( now in Ghent City)
  • Footballer Kevin De Bruyne
  • Rower Rita Defauw
  • Singer and Junior Euro Vision Song Contest 2010 participant Lauren De Ruyck
  • Actress Griet Dobbelaere
  • Author Jef Geeraerts
  • Cyclists and cycling team manager Walter Godefroot (formerly, now in Sint -Martens- Latem )
  • Film producer Dirk Impens (now living in Ghent - stad )
  • Sculptor Domien Ingels ( After Domien Ingels is even a street named. )
  • Entrepreneur and former Belgian parliamentarian Peter Leyman (CD & V)
  • Mountain biker Filip Meirhaeghe
  • Author, columnist, poet and partner of Lieven Vanden Haute Erwin Mortier
  • Gymnaste Gaëlle Mys
  • Football coach Jan Olde Riekerink ( now living in Porto, Portugal)
  • Singer Sarah (Sarah De Koster )
  • Journalist, presenter and partner of Erwin Mortier Lieven Vandenhaute
  • Poet Julien Vangansbeke

Trivia

  • In Vinkendal in the parish Luchteren there is a Namibian Honorary Consulate with jurisdiction for the Flemish Region.
  • The radio station MNM sent twice live from Drongen, more specifically from the rest area on the E40 towards Brussels.
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