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The Schepenhuis (Aldermen's House) of Mechelen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, is a building where the city's aldermen held their meetings in the Middle Ages. It is located on the edge of the Grote Markt (main square), between the latter and the IJzerenleen and is considered the first stone 'town hall' of Flanders. [1] [2]
It was owned by the city until 1561. That year, it received a new calling as the residence of Granvelle, the first Archbishop of Mechelen, and right-hand man of Philip II. In 1609 the building was bought back by the city and served as the headquarters of the Great Council of the Netherlands from 1616 until 1795.
[4] The St John the Baptist Church is a single-aisled church. It burnt down in 1568, and was enlarged between 1810 and 1811 and 1863 to 1867. In 1935, it was redesigned with a larger tower by Joseph Cuypers. [4] Mechelen was home to 740 people in 1840. [5] Mechelen used to be the capital of the municipality of Wittem.
Mechelen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛxələ(n)] ⓘ; French: Malines ⓘ; historically known as Mechlin in English [n 1]) is a city and municipality in the province of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium.
From the 15th century onwards, the Great Council of the Netherlands at Mechelen (Dutch: De Grote Raad der Nederlanden te Mechelen; French: le grand conseil des Pays-Bas à Malines; German: der Grosse Rat der Niederlände zu Mecheln) was the highest court in the Burgundian Netherlands. It was responsible for the Dutch-, French- and German ...
The Basilica of Our Lady of Hanswijk (Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Hanswijkis) is a Roman Catholic basilica in Mechelen, Belgium. The basilica is a famous place of pilgrimage in Belgium, the statue was crowned on 30 July 1876 by Cardinal Deschamps by request of pope Pius IX .
The Arrondissement of Mechelen was created in 1800 as the third arrondissement in the Department of Deux-Nèthes (Dutch: Departement Twee Nethen).It originally comprised the cantons of Duffel, Heist-op-den-Berg, Lier, Mechelen and Puurs.
The architect was Lucas Faydherbe, a native of Mechelen and a nephew of Lucas Franchoys the Younger, who had studied with Peter Paul Rubens in Antwerp. [3] The foundation stone was laid in 1662. Construction was delayed on multiple occasions, because the façade tilted dangerously forward. In 1664, the façade was demolished and rebuilt.