Beauvechain
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Beauvechain ( Walloon Bôvetchén, Dutch Bevekom ) is a commune in the French-speaking province of Walloon Brabant in Belgium. It consists of the five districts Beauvechain, Hamme- Mille, Nodebais, L' Ecluse (Dutch Sluizen ) and Tourinnes -la -Grosse (Dutch Deurne).
Geography
Beauvechain located in Wallonia in the province of Walloon Brabant, eight kilometers from the provincial capital of Wavre. The distance to the Belgian capital Brussels is like to Nivelles, the capital of the arrondissement, about 40 km.
The municipality has an area of Beauvechain 38.59 km ². Of this sum, 12.63 on Beauvechain itself, 8.54 on tour Innes -la -Grosse, 8.24 to Hamme- Mille, 5.38 and 3.80 on Nodebais on L' Ecluse.
In the southern area is the military airfield Beauvechain.
The neighboring communities are Jodoigne, Incourt and Grez -Doiceau in Walloon Brabant and Oud -Heverlee, Bierbeek and Hoegaarden in Flemish Brabant. Thus, the French-speaking community Beauvechain bordered to the north by the Dutch-speaking Flanders.
History
The area around the church Beauvechain has been inhabited since ancient times. Near the forest of Saint- Nicaise a fortified ramparts and tombs have been found dating from the Bronze and Iron Ages. Descendants of the Cimbri, Eburons and other Celtic tribes crossed the area. The Romans also settled there. The ancient Roman road from Boulogne -sur -Mer to Cologne led along here.
The center Beauvechains is a village since the Frankish period. Here lived Ermelinde (d. 600), the first saint of the country. Since the agreed in the Treaty of Verdun division of the empire of Charlemagne 843, the place to Lotharingia and after its division 977 was one of Lower Lorraine. End of the 10th century. was the area of Notger of Liege, the Bishop of Liege.
At the beginning of the second millennium Beauvechain was first mentioned by name as Bavechin or Bavenchen. 1013 fell Hamme, L' Ecluse, Mille and Nodebais after the Battle of Hoegaarden to the Count of lions, while tour Innes and Beauvechain continue to fall Liege.
Under the 1488/89 during the reign of Maximilian I. unrest occurring mainly Nodebais had to suffer. Maximilian's son, Philip the Fair resided 1504 in Hamme. His son, Charles V, went in the forest Meerdael on hunting.
In the Franco- Dutch War, the villages were Beauvechains to the battlefield. Occurred only with the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 again a rest. Under the reign of Maria Theresa, the connecting road between lions and Namur was built. 1811 were merged and Hamme Mille.
In both the first (20 August 1914) as well as in World War II (15 May 1940), the villages of the municipality Beauvechain were occupied by the Germans.