Schaerbeek

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Schaerbeek (French ) or Schaerbeek (Dutch ) is one of 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital region of Belgium.

Schaerbeek / Schaerbeek has 127 747 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012) to only eight square kilometers and is named after the city of Brussels itself is the second largest municipality of the Brussels- Capital Region. The municipality is located north of the center of Brussels and borders, except to the core city of Brussels, on the part of communities Saint-Josse-ten-Noode/Sint-Joost-ten-Node, Evere, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert/Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe and Woluwe -Saint-Pierre/Sint-Pieters-Woluwe.

History

Schaerbeek was once known by the cultivation of sour cherries. Still prefer the Belgian brewer an old Schaarbeeker of cherry for producing Kriek beer. The cherries are not grown more in the urban area. In the past tradition of cherry cultivation have, among others, the names of some streets or buildings down ( Avenue des Cerisiers / Kerselarenlaan, cultural center " De Kriekelaar " ) or the presence of Japanese cherry trees in avenues.

Community

The main axis of Schaerbeek is running the Brussels city castle straight north axis Rue Royale / Koningstraat - Rue Royale Sainte Marie / Koningklijke Sint- Mariastraat - Rue Maréchal Foch Straat - Rue Princesse Elisabeth Straat. Your endpoint is the station of Schaerbeek / Schaerbeek; City Hall and St. Mary's Church are on jewelery courses in the middle of the street. The community has predominantly dense, founder temporal block development. The former industrial nature Niederschaarbeek in the Senne / Zenne Valley and on the border with St.Josse / Sint Joost has a largely poor population, including many Turkish and Moroccan immigrants, migrant workers of the 1960s and their descendants, Hochschaerbeek, in particular to the Avenue Plasky has around a wealthier population, including many workers from the environment of the European institutions. The district Terdelt ( Place Terdelt / Terdeltplein ) is a garden city. The wealthiest district are the district aux Fleurs / Bloemenwijk and the Brusiliahochhaus.

Attractions

• There are many Art Nouveau buildings, including outstanding copies as the 1893 built by Victor Horta Autrique House ( Chaussée de Haecht / Haachtsesteenweg; → Lage50.8632654.37313 )
• Along the Avenue Louis Bertrand a few Art Nouveau buildings line (→ Lage50.863514.376582 )
• At the end of Avenue Louis Bertrand, the neo-Gothic church St- Servais is (→ Lage50.8642874.373049 )
• The largest and most prominent church is the Romanesque- Byzantine St. Mary's Church (→ Lage50.858854.368738 )
• The Town Hall (→ Lage50.8674844.373716 )
• The station is considered the most beautiful of all of Brussels (→ Lage50.878114.379714 )
• Opposite the train station in the finished Avenue Huart Hamoir stands, built in the Art Deco Church of the Holy Family (→ Lage50.8740014.386393 )
• Worth seeing is the Josaphatpark, a 1904 -scale English garden with stadium, playing fields, a small zoo, facilities for archery, mini golf and many artistic sculptures from different periods. From the park you can enjoy a good view of Brussels (→ Lage50.86424.384176 )
• Architecturally interesting buildings are also the cultural center " Les Halles " (→ Lage50.8601244.369672 ), the Daillykaserne (→ Lage50.8519694.388393 ) and the École Jehoshaphat (school, built in the Art Nouveau; → Lage50.8623264.376139 )
• The RTBF TV Tower is the tallest building in Schaerbeek Belgium with about 300 meters.
• The cemetery is considered celebrities Schaerbeek Cemetery.

Population

Schaerbeek / Schaerbeek has 29% of the population ( 2008 figures ) a proportion of foreigners in the average of the Brussels region ( 28%). The largest groups of foreign nationals are ( in descending order ) Moroccans with 5 % of the population, Turks ( 4%), French (3%), Poles and Italians ( 2% ) and Portugal ( 1%). All other nationalities each represent less than 1% of the population.

Policy

Although Schaerbeek considered as a bastion of liberalism, but currently (2007-2012) ruled the city council after some political wrangling between Bernard Clerfayt (MR -FDF ) and Laurette Onkelinx (PS ) is a Conservative-Liberal - Green majority, composed of four parties.

Traffic

By Schaerbeek / Schaerbeek extend the tram lines 7, 25, 32, 55, 62, 92 and 94 The Brussels North Station is located partly in Schaerbeek / Schaerbeek (the city boundary runs right through the building). In addition to North Station and Station Schaerbeek / Schaerbeek are to the east of the city, two other stations on the Belgian railway company. In contrast to many other areas of the Brussels -Capital Region Schaerbeek is not served by the transport network of the metro.

Twinning

Partnerships included

• Morocco Al Hoceima in Morocco
• Beyoğlu Turkey in Turkey

Sons and daughters of the town

• Louis Bernacchi (1876-1942), Australian- British polar explorer
• Jacques Brel (1929-1978), composer and actor
• Joseph Cardijn (1882-1967), Cardinal and founder of the Young Christian Workers CAJ
• Gus Deloof (1909-1974), jazz musician
• Paul Deschanel (1855-1922), French politician and President of the Third Republic
• Jacques Duvall ( born 1952 ), singer and songwriter
• Ferdinand de Grève (1910-1980), civil servant and resistance fighter against National Socialism, a prisoner in the Buchenwald concentration camp Buchenwald secretary of the Belgian Society and a member of the General Council of the International Committee of Buchenwald -Dora and commands
• Alain Hutchinson ( b. 1949 ), politician, MEP
• Camille Jenatzy (1868-1913), designer of electric cars, racing driver, three times holder of the land speed record
• Andrée de Jongh (1916-2007), member of the Resistance during World War II, head of an international flight network
• Raymond Pauwels (1926-1997), racing cyclist
• Albert Rigaux (1897-1981), painter of Impressionism
• Paul -Henri Spaak (1899-1972), politician and statesman
• Gustave Van Vaerenbergh (1873-1927), sculptor
• Jeanne de Vietinghoff (1875-1926), writer