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Furnes (French Furnes ) is the capital of an eponymous arrondissement, in the Belgian province of West Flanders.
City arrangement and location
The community Furnes consists of the districts and sub- varieties:
- Avekapelle
- Booitshoeke
- Bulskamp
- De Moeren
- Eggewaartskapelle
- Houtem
- Steenkerke
- Furnes
- Vinkem
- Wulveringem
- Zoutenaaie
Furnes is on the railway lights Velde - Dunkirk and is connected by canals with Nieuwpoort, Dunkerque, Bergues and Ypres.
History
On August 13, 1297, the French were victorious under Count Robert II of Artois about the Germans and Flemings under Count Wilhelm of Jülich. Furnes was fixed earlier and was conquered in 1583 by Alexander Farnese of Spain.
Twinning
Furnes maintains since 1974 a city partnership with Rösrath in North Rhine -Westphalia.
Attractions
- The marketplace
- St. Nicolas Church
- Spanish Pavilion
- St. Walburga 's Church
Images Arrondissement Furnes
The Town Hall in Furnes
Monuments on the Grote Markt
Church: parochiekerk Sint Niklaas
Other Buildings
- NAVO- gates is a 243 -meter-high radio mast in the vicinity of belonging to Furnes community Houtem.
Penitential Procession
Every year on the last Sunday of every July in Furnes a penitential procession held, in which the penitents, dressed in the face concealing garments, heavy crosses and figurines drag. This tradition originated in the 17th century, was cast as Furnes by the Spaniards.
If ' t' Bomtje "suggests the penitential procession the bell of St. Nicholas Church Point 15:30 clock, the shops in the funfair on the Grote Markt are closed. Fanfares sound. Before each group proclaims a sign of the biblical scenes, which are adjusted in period costumes. An angel cited in each case the relevant Bible passages, such as the Fall, the stable of Bethlehem or Pilate. About 200 masked, partly barefooted penitents drag up to 25 -pound crosses. Rainer Maria Rilke wrote in 1906: "It is only one means, of course, just these penitents were lacking in seriousness and attitude. But the more one sees them again, the sincere and ill- will you wear, the more comes under the full sun the cross over them, with all his Sichschwermachen. "
Personalities
- Paul Delvaux (1897-1994), painter of surrealism, lived most recently in Furnes and died there.