Overijse
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Overijse is a Belgian municipality with 24,716 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012) in the province of Flemish Brabant. It is located on the edge of Zonienwaldes in the southern part of the Dijlelandes, bordering the Brussels Capital Region, the Flemish municipalities Hoeilaart, Huldenberg and Tervuren, the Walloon towns of La Hulpe and Rixensart and Wavre in the Walloon town. Overijse consists of the six districts Overijse - centrum, Jezus - Eik, Eizer, Terlanen, Tombeek and Maleizen. By Overijse the Bach Ijse, which the community takes its name flows. The region around Overijse, Hoeilaart and Huldenberg is also called the Druivenstreek ( " the region of the grapes "). This stems from the traditional cultivation of table grapes which are grown mainly in greenhouses, which are mentioned on Flemish Serren. It is guaranteed that even Louis XIV table grapes from Overijse could be brought to his palace at Versailles. Even today there are traditional grapes in late summer festivals in the area.
History
Overijse was first mentioned in 832 in a document under the name Isca. Isca is a latinisiertes word of Celtic origin and means water.
Between 1001 and 1005, the community was first rights of Otto of Lower Lorraine, which allowed the residents exempt from customs duties on the Brussels market to sell grain.
In 1234 Henry I of Brabant granted the citizens Overijses freedom rights that they put on a par with the citizens of Brussels and Louvain Wavres.
With the beginning of the reign of the Lords of Witthem 1345 began a period of decay for Overijse. The negative peak was 1488, in which the village was burnt down by troops of the Roman-German King Maximilian I..
On October 10, 1677 Overijse was raised to the status of a principality under Eugen- Maximilian van Horne. The heirs of the princes were forced to re-sell the principality in 1817.
1832 Overijse was a badge of honor awarded for dispatching volunteers to Brussels during the Belgian Revolution, 1830.
In 1840, King Leopold I granted the Municipality permission to be allowed to wear a coat of arms.
Attractions
It is worth noting from Jezus - Eik district of achievable Arboretum Tervuren, where 460 important tree species in the northern temperate zones and the Andes are shown on 100 acres in 40 geographically structured plots.
Famous sons and daughters
- Justus Lipsius (1547-1606), philologist and humanist