Ardres

Ardres ( Flemish Aarden ) is a commune with 4245 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Pas -de- Calais, in the Nord -Pas -de- Calais; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint- Omer and the canton Ardres.

History

The central source for the early history of the city Ardres is the Historia comitum Ghisnensium ( The History of the Counts of Guines ), the Ardreser pastor Lambert of Ardres. The nucleus of the city was therefore a stage station on the via regalis between Champagne and Calais. There was already an inn and brewery, also promoted the function of village greens as a venue cheolandum or cheolare mentioned game (possibly an early form of football game), the centrality of the place. The favorable location followed in 1050 the noble free men of the nearby castle Selnessa, vassals of the Counts of Guines. They moved their castle and its outbuildings after Ardres. At the same time Ardres received a first modest ramparts in the form of a simple mound. Two decades later, in 1069 came a collegiate added with 10 canons. Arnold II of Ardres was still in the 11th century to relocate parts of the surrounding rural population by Ardres and gained a little later by Count Baldwin II of Guines a city law privilege along the lines of the nearby commercial and industrial city of Saint- Omer for Ardres. The city status has also established a weekly market in Ardres. The city was not only economic but also military and administrative center of the lords of Ardres. The fortifications of the city were strengthened by a ditch and expanded the stately castle representative, also took 12 servants II Arnold's headquarters in the city. His conclusion was the city development process through the establishment of a civic community with its own Aldermen, in the Audomarus Church of the City vowed the rule of the oath of citizenship. This rule, that is, the allodial possession of the Lords of Ardres had fallen in the middle of the 12th century the Counts of Guines. Under Baldwin II the city system was completely renewed. Ardres received a regular shape and a modern fortification, which now incorporates rose the stately castle.

  • On October 27, 1396 here met the French king Charles VI. and the English King Richard II to the negotiations of Leulinghem ( 1393 ), Boulogne -sur -Mer ( 1394) and Paris ( 1395 ) conclude that had resulted in a cease-fire until 1426. Richard took Charles' daughter Isabella of Valois in the reception, whom he married in Calais on November 4.
  • From 1 to June 24, 1520 received between Ardres Guines and the French king Francis I. the English king Henry VIII in the so-called Camp du Drap d'Or
  • On 7 June 1546 of the Treaty of Ardres ended the hostilities between the Emperor Charles V and Henry VIII
  • 1596 Archduke Albert VII of Austria Ardres seized after a siege. The city was returned in 1598 with the Peace of Vervins.

Population Development

From 1962, only residents with a primary residence

Attractions

  • The former chapel of the Carmelite
  • The Bastion Bastion Condette or Royal
  • The church of Notre -Dame de Grâce
  • The underground grain silos "Les Poires »

Personalities

  • Jean Marie Pierre François Dorsenne ( Doursenne ) dit Comte Lepaige (* 1773 in Ardres, † 1812 in Paris), Napoleonic division general
  • Lambert of Ardres, chronicler of the 12th century

Twinning

  • Menden (Sauerland)
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