Roeselare

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Roeselare [ ɾusəla: rə ] (French: Roeselare ) is a city in the center of the Belgian province of West Flanders. It has 58 823 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012). The municipality also includes the villages of Beveren, Oekene and Rumbeke.

History

The first written mention dates from the year 882 Roeselare In the 10th century Roeslare was in the region an important trading center. In 1250 the settlement received town rights. In 1488 the town was completely devastated by Maximilian I of Habsburg. After fighting with France, the Treaty of Nijmegen in 1676 concluded, with some parts of Flanders came under French rule, including Roeselare. In the years under French rule, the city developed a notorious smuggler center, because the city was right on the border. After the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo and the Congress of Vienna of 1815, the city was part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (see History of Belgium).

Due to the dominance of the French language against the Flemish dialects it comes on 28 July 1875 a student uprising. The leader of the uprising against the use of French in the classroom was the very well-known in the region, author and poet Albrecht Rodenbach.

In the First World War, the town the German troops served as a garrison for the Ypres - bow.

Name declaration

Roeselare had in the course of time, various spellings. By the end of the 11th century, the city was named Rosellaere, then very similar to a short time Russelaere and in the meantime also, today's spelling, Roesellaere. By shifting the boundaries in the 17th century from the French Roussellaere. Only since 1937, the city of Roeselare is written.

The origin of the name is out of the current state of research in the Gothic word which has the meaning of reeds, and the Germanic word hlearis, which means as much as clearing.

Culture

In Roeselare is the Nationaal Wieler Museum, the Geschichtes of the Belgian cycling is dedicated and opened in a listed fire station in 1998.

Sports

1911 two football clubs were founded in Roeselare: the Sports Association and the Football Club Roeselare Roeselare. In 2005, the KSV Roeselare played for the first time in the First Division in Belgium. The stadium was therefore expanded to 12,000 seats.

The volleyball club Knack Roeselare is a Belgian top club and also plays internationally successful.

Personalities

  • Adrian Willaert (c. 1490-1562 ), Composer
  • Albrecht Rodenbach (1856-1880), writer
  • Jules Degeetere (1876-1957), cyclist
  • Gilbert Desmet ( born 1931 ), cyclist
  • Roger Vangheluwe ( b. 1936 ), Roman Catholic bishop ( 1984-2010 )
  • Patrick Sercu ( born 1944 ), cyclist
  • Jean -Pierre Monseré (1948-1971), cyclist
  • Paul Bulcke (born 1954 ), CEO of food giant Nestlé
  • Werner Devos ( b. 1957 ), cyclist
  • Axel Everaert (born 1965 ), opera singer and university teachers
  • Marc Gabriel Degryse (born 1965 ), football player
  • Yves Vanderhaeghe (born 1970 ), football player
  • Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (* 1992), cyclist
  • Grace Verbeke ( born 1984 ), cyclist
  • Jelle Wallays (* 1989), cyclists
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