Gottechain
District of Grez-Doiceau
Wallonia - Belgium

Battle of Wavre

The Battle of Wavre was the final major military action of the Hundred Days campaign and the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought on 18–19 June 1815 between the Prussian rearguard under the command of General Johann von Thielmann and three corps of the French army under the command of Marshal Grouchy. A blocking action, this battle kept 33,000 French soldiers from reaching the battle at Waterloo. This battle helped the Allied forces defeat the French army there.

Located at 50.7167, 4.6 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Battles of the Napoleonic Wars, Battles involving France, Battles involving Prussia, 1815 in France, Hundred Days

Arenberg Château

Kasteel van Arenberg (Dutch), or Arenberg Château in English, is a château in Heverlee close to Leuven in Belgium. It is surrounded by a park.

Located at 50.8625, 4.68278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Castles in Belgium, Leuven, Castles in Flemish Brabant

Pécrot rail crash

The Pécrot rail crash was a rail accident in the village of Pécrot (adjoining the village of Sint-Agatha-Rode), Belgium, that occurred on 27 March 2001 when two passenger trains collided head-on. The rail crash was Belgium's worst train disaster in a quarter century.

Located at 50.7833, 4.65 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Railway accidents in 2001, Railway accidents in Belgium, 2001 in Belgium, Flemish Brabant

IMEC

Imec (Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre) is a micro- and nanoelectronics research center headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, with offices in Belgium, the Netherlands, Taiwan, USA, China, India and Japan. Its staff of about 2,000 people includes more than 600 industrial residents and guest researchers. In 2011, imec's revenue (P&L) was 300 million euro.

Located at 50.8654, 4.67958 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Organizations established in 1984, Companies of Belgium, International research institutes, Research institutes in Belgium, Scientific organisations based in Belgium, Electronics companies, Leuven

Groep T

Group T (Groep T) is a college in Leuven, Belgium. The school was formed by a fusion of an existing school for technical (industrial) engineers and the Provinciale Normaalschool. Nowadays the school offers two main branches: The Engineering College: a Bachelor and Master in industrial sciences. The Teacher's College: a Bachelor of education. Apart from this, Group T has built a considerable reputation for adult education (social promotion).

Located at 50.875, 4.70768 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Leuven, Colleges in Belgium

American College of the Immaculate Conception

The American College of the Immaculate Conception, or the American College at Louvain, was a Roman Catholic seminary in Leuven, Belgium, which operated under the auspices of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Founded in 1857, the American College closed in June 2011.

Located at 50.8731, 4.69944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Roman Catholic seminaries, Buildings and structures in Flemish Brabant, Educational institutions established in 1857, Educational institutions disestablished in 2011, Education in Leuven

Province of Brabant

South Brabant was a province of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1815 until 1830, distinguishing it from North Brabant and Central Brabant. Upon Belgium's independence, it was renamed simply Brabant and remained a province of the new Kingdom of Belgium until 1995, when it was split into the Dutch-speaking Flemish Brabant, the French-speaking Walloon Brabant and the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region.

Located at 50.7833, 4.63333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Former provinces of Belgium, History of Belgium, Brabant

Heilige Drievuldigheidscollege

Heilige-Drievuldigheidscollege or the "Holy Trinity College Preparatory School" is a school in the city of Leuven in the Flemish Brabant province of Belgium. The school was established in 1843 by Constant van Crombrugghe and is administered by the Josephites and was until recently exclusively boys-only, but is now mixed.

Located at 50.8769, 4.69861 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Roman Catholic schools in Belgium, Education in Leuven, Educational institutions established in 1843, Buildings and structures in Leuven

Heverlee

Heverlee is a town in Belgium. It is a deelgemeente of the city of Leuven. Heverlee is bordered by Herent, Bertem, Oud Heverlee and several other municipalities that are part of Leuven (including Leuven proper and Kessel-Lo). The town is the location of the Heverlee War Cemetery for Commonwealth casualties from the Second World War. The town also harbours a significant part of the university campus of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

Located at 50.86, 4.69 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Leuven

Evangelical Theological Faculty

The Evangelical Theological Faculty (ETF), in Heverlee, Flanders, Belgium, is a private university in the Flemish Community of Belgium. Its official languages are Dutch and English. The ETF offers a three year bachelors program in the Dutch language, and an international program consisting of two degrees in the English language: A Master of Theology (Th.M. ) and a Doctorate of Theology (Ph.D.).

Located at 50.8681, 4.66389 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Universities in Belgium, Evangelical seminaries and theological colleges, Educational institutions established in 1919, Education in Leuven

Vaalbeek

Vaalbeek is part of Oud-Heverlee in Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The municipality further comprises the villages of Blanden, Haasrode, Oud-Heverlee proper and Sint-Joris-Weert. On 1 January 2006, Vaalbeek had a total population of 363.

Located at 50.8167, 4.68333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Villages in Flemish Brabant

Heverlee Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Heverlee War Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the Second World War located in Heverlee, Belgium. The Heverlee War Cemetery was established in 1946 and contains 977 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, twenty-nine First World War burials relocated to the cemetery, and twelve non-Commonwealth graves.

Located at 50.8479, 4.7034 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Leuven, Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Belgium, Canadian military memorials and cemeteries, 1946 establishments in Belgium, History of Leuven, Visitor attractions in Flemish Brabant

Park Abbey

Park Abbey (Dutch: Abdij van 't Park; also Parc Abbey) is a Premonstratensian abbey in Belgium, at Heverlee just south of Leuven, in Flemish Brabant. The Annales Parchenses were written here in the 12th century.

Located at 50.864, 4.718 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Premonstratensian monasteries in Belgium, Buildings and structures in Flemish Brabant, Museums in Flemish Brabant, Religious museums

Haasrode Research-Park

The Haasrode Research-Park business and research park in Heverlee is just outside the Brussels periphery. Divided in a research and science park and a trade park it houses an important variety of industries. Companies are attracted to the nearby presence of the international renowned Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), the international research centre Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre and one of the largest hospitals in the country [Gasthuisberg Gasthuisberg].

Located at 50.8484, 4.71805 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Science parks in Belgium, Flanders

Arenberg Research-Park

The Arenberg Research-Park is a science park founded by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and located nearby the Arenberg campus of the university in Heverlee. The science park provides a bio-incubator for spin-offs of the university and space for companies active in research and development. The bio-incubator housing is the prime of the biotech & pharmaceutical spin-offs of the K.U. Leuven university.

Located at 50.865, 4.669 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Science parks in Belgium, Flanders

Grand Béguinage, Leuven

The Grand Béguinage of Leuven, or in Dutch Groot Begijnhof van Leuven is a well preserved and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen of streets in the south of downtown Leuven. About 3 hectares (7.5 acres) in size, with some 300 apartments in almost 100 houses, it is one of the largest still existing beguinages in the Low Countries. The béguinage stretches on both sides of the river Dijle, which splits into two canals inside the béguinage, thus forming an island.

Located at 50.8717, 4.6969 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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World Heritage Sites in Belgium, Christian buildings, Buildings and structures in Leuven, Beguines and Beghards

Ladeuzeplein

The Mgr. Ladeuzeplein is a square (plein is Dutch for square) in the center of Leuven . The square was named after a former rector of the Catholic University Leuven, Monseigneur Paulin Ladeuze. The Ladeuzeplein is the largest square in Leuven. Until World War II it was called the Volksplaats or People's Place. Among the local population the square was known as the Clarisse.

Located at 50.8783, 4.70556 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Leuven, Squares in Belgium, Visitor attractions in Flemish Brabant

Bonlez Castle

Bonlez Castle is a castle in Bonlez in the municipality of Chaumont-Gistoux, Walloon Brabant, Belgium.

Located at 50.709, 4.695 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Castles in Belgium, Castles in Walloon Brabant

Opprebais Castle

Opprebais Castle is a 13th century fortified farmhouse (château-ferme) in Opprebais in the municipality of Incourt, Walloon Brabant, Belgium.

Located at 50.682, 4.796 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Castles in Belgium, Castles in Walloon Brabant

Stade Justin Peeters

Located at 50.7203, 4.61861 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Football venues in Belgium

Sint-Agatha-Rode

Sint-Agatha-Rode named after the third century Christian martyr Saint Agatha of Sicily is a Dutch-speaking village in Belgian province of Flemish Brabant and lies within the district of the town of Huldenberg. Historically Sint-Agatha-Rode was an independent municipality (Gemeente) until the merger of Belgian municipalities in 1977 when it was joined to the town of Huldenberg.

Located at 50.7833, 4.63333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Villages in Flemish Brabant, Villages in Belgium

Den Dreef

Stadium Den Dreef is a football stadium situated on Kardinaal Mercierlaan in the Heverlee suburb of Leuven in Belgium. It is home to Belgian 1st division football team Oud-Heverlee Leuven. The entrance for visiting spectators is on Tervuursevest. There is a two tier main stand on the southern end of the stadium. Originally both tiers of the stand ran approximately two-thirds of the length of the pitch.

Located at 50.8683, 4.69417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Oud-Heverlee Leuven, Football venues in Belgium

Academic libraries in Leuven

The city of Leuven was not only the seat of three different Universities, but also through them, the seat of prestigious academic libraries.

Located at 50.8781, 4.7075 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Academic libraries in Belgium, Buildings and structures in Leuven, History of Leuven, Education in Leuven

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, now referring to itself simply as KU Leuven, is a Dutch-speaking university in Flanders, Belgium. It is located in the centre of the historic town of Leuven, home to the university since 1425. The Catholic University of Leuven, considered Belgium's oldest university, split into the Dutch-language KU Leuven and the French-language Université catholique de Louvain, which moved to Louvain-la-Neuve in Wallonia.

Located at 50.8779, 4.70064 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Education in Leuven, Roman Catholic universities and colleges in Belgium, Pontifical Universities, Educational institutions established in 1834, Educational institutions established in 1970, Coimbra Group, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Meerdaal

Located at 50.8047, 4.69603 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Forests of Belgium, Geography of Flemish Brabant, Visitor attractions in Flemish Brabant