Huldenberg

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Huldenberg is a municipality in the southeastern part of Dijlelandes in the province of Flemish Brabant in the Kingdom of Belgium. This community in Flanders has 9528 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012) and is since its merger in 1977 from the central place Huldenberg itself and the hamlets Neerijse, Sint -Agatha -Rode, Loonbeek and Otten castle. Huldenberg itself originated in the 13th century and situated on the River Ijse. The other districts are located on the Dyle and the Laan. The municipality covers two valleys and the landscape is therefore very varied and hilly.

The official language is Dutch. Its proximity to the Walloon Region but French is " on the road " not uncommon, especially in the Walloon region closest town Otten castle.

Huldenberg is one of the greenest and quietest communities in the country. There is no large industry and no large artery runs through the area. This is marked by many forests and fields, and wide valleys, which resulted from the above-mentioned rivers over time.

History

Already 2500 BC wholesale Huldenberg was inhabited, especially in the district of Ottenburg can find traces of these early settlements. In the Romanesque period, two major paths crossed in Huldenberg: north-south, the Walloon way which Baucelet and Rumst union, and a west-east route. Huldenberg was established on the site where there was the "big bridge" over the Ijse.

In the Middle Ages, the dukes of Brabant built among other churches in the districts known to date. In the 16th century broke in difficult times, including by political infighting and the rise of Protestantism. The villages were looted. After the French invasion in 1795, the families who ruled the villages to date have been driven away. The villages, which today account for wholesale Huldenberg were created.

Coat of arms

Description: In the black shield with a silver lion running on a green sign foot, which has a golden shield with three red (2.1 ) imposed on the shoulder Fäusteln.

Pictures of the place

The Municipal House

In the center of Huldenberg

Kasteel Huldenberg, seat of the Counts of Limburg- Stirum