Wavre
- For the same district in the canton of Neuchâtel see Wavre NE.
- For the Swiss mathematician Rolin Wavre (1896-1949) see Rolin Wavre.
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Wavre ( Walloon Ave, Waver Dutch ) is a city in Belgium and the capital of the province of Walloon Brabant in the Walloon Region. It is located 25 kilometers south-east of Brussels on the railway line Brussels - Namur and the A-4 motorway from Brussels to Namur.
The area of the city is 4,228 ha, of which accounts for the district of Alt -Wavre 2,146 ha, 1,124 ha and on Limal on Bierges 958 ha The city has 33 231 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012). Wavre is the site of a major radio station for short-and medium-wave of the Belgian broadcasting.
History
Historical significance gained the city through the Battle of Wavre on 18 and 19 June 1815 in the French troops the Prussian rearguard defeated, without, however, thereby preventing the crushing defeat of Napoleon in the same time only a few kilometers from taking place Battle of Waterloo.
As part of local government reform in 1977, the municipalities Limal and Bierges were incorporated. Since 1995, when the former province of Brabant was divided, Wavre is the provincial capital.
Culture and sights
Pageant
Since 1954 takes place every five years the game, " Jeu de Jean et Alice" with singing, music, dance and ballet instead. The idea stemmed from the Rev. Jean Pensis (8 February 1907-27. March 1987), who wished to have an activity at the dedication of the new carillon at Easter 1954. The text was written by his friend, the physician and poet Auguste Brasseur - Capart (26 February 1905-10. June 1978 ), the music of Auguste Du Pont Del Sart (19 June 1912-6. April 1986). The performance ends with the Chant de Wavre ( Song of Wavre ), whose refrain is played on the hour from the chimes of Saint -Jean -Baptiste Church:
" Nous aimons notre bonne ville, ses habitants, ses bois, ses champs, La vallée, où coule tranqille, la Dyle. De cœur, nous toujours resterons vrais Wavriens, car nous sommes le Et la ville où tout se transforme, peut changer, mais pas nos amours. "
"We love our beautiful city, its inhabitants, their forests, their fields, the valley where the Dyle quiet flows. In our hearts we always remain true Wavrianer because we are and the city where everything is changing, can change, but not our love. "
The content is to ensure that the citizens Wavres ask of her lord, Seigneur Jean, and his wife, Lady Alice, more freedom, get the required certificate and rejoice, and thank you. In fact, Wavre has a signed on April 23 1222 by the Duke of Lorraine, Brabant and Limburg Charte de franchises obtained in which Henry I of Brabant, Count of Leuven, the city conceded the same rights as lions, which she was allowed a legal and to be a political unit and eg to have a town hall.
Leisure
In Wavre is the theme park Walibi Belgium is located.
Transmitter of the Belgian radio
In Wavre, the Belgian radio broadcasts on medium and ultra-short wave. As a transmitting antenna for medium wave frequency 621 kHz ( 540 kHz to 2008 also, both medium wave frequencies served at this time the same mast ) is a 250 -meter-high, insulated against ground, guyed steel lattice mast. In addition there exists a 90 meter high mast end reserve for medium wave. For now abandoned shortwave radiation existed several directional antennas and a curtain antenna. To radiate the FM broadcast a 232 -meter-high free-standing steel lattice tower used with two prominent cross-shaped cantilevers. Such a construction is very rare. Other comparable towers there are in Grodno and Vitebsk in Belarus.
On October 13, 1983, the transmission tower was destroyed by a storm for television in Wavre.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Maurice Carême (1899-1973), writer
- Jeanne Paule Marie Deckers, aka Sœur Sourire, (1933-1985), nun and chanteuse