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Mechelen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛxələ(n)]; Limburgish: Mechele [ˈmæxələ]) is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem , and lies about 13 km south of Heerlen .
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.
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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 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.
The Lordship of Mechelen or Malines [2] [3] (Dutch: Heerlijkheid Mechelen, French: Seigneurie de Malines) was a small autonomous Lordship in the Low Countries, consisting of the city of Mechelen and some surrounding villages. [4] It lasted from 910 to 1795.
Msgr. Victor Scheppers (1802–1877), founder of the Brothers of Mercy of Mechelen and the Scheppersinstituut Mechelen. Egide Walschaerts, mechanical engineer (1820–1901) Jef Denyn, musician and founder of the Royal Carillon School (1862–1941) Rik Wouters, fauvist painter and sculptor (1882–1916)