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In 1973, Gautier-van Berchem, who married the banker Bernard Gautier in 1966, donated the Villa Saladin-van Berchem to the Swiss Confederation. [28] Max van Berchem had inherited the estate with its surrounding park after the death of his mother in 1917, while the Château de Crans went to his older brother Paul and the Château des Bois to his ...
Wouter Berthout van Ranst was a 13th-century nobleman, living in feudal times, and a vassal of the Duke of Brabant. He was given land near the Escaut River, which he named Bergheem (now : Berchem in Flanders). His descendants possessed the land for centuries. The Belgian town of Ranst is also named after him.
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Antwerpen-Berchem railway station (Dutch: Station Antwerpen-Berchem; French: Gare d'Anvers-Berchem) [a] is a railway station in Berchem, in the south of Antwerp, Belgium. The station opened on 1 March 1865 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and currently serves railway lines 25 , 27 , 27A and 59 .
The village was first mentioned in 1286 as Berchem, and means "settlement on a hill". [3] The Catholic St Willibrordus Church has been built between 1900 and 1903 adjacent to a 15th-century tower. The medieval structure was replaced in 1858, but burnt down in 1895. [4] Berghem was home to 1,906 people in 1804. [5]
Berchem (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ) is a southern district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium.Berchem is located along the old Grote Steenweg (Dutch for 'Big Paved Road') that has connected Brussels to Antwerp for several centuries; the town borders the districts of Deurne, Borgerhout, Wilrijk and Antwerp and the municipality of Mortsel.
Jacquet de Berchem (also known as Giachet(to) Berchem or Jakob van Berchem; c. 1505 – before 2 March 1567) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in Italy. He was famous in mid-16th-century Italy for his madrigals , approximately 200 of which were printed in Venice , some in multiple printings due to their considerable ...