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Situated in the northeast of the Hageland region, Diest neighbours the provinces of Antwerp to its North, and Limburg to the East and is situated around 60 km from Brussels. The municipality comprises the city of Diest proper and the towns of Deurne, Kaggevinne, Molenstede, Schaffen and Webbekom. As of January 1, 2006, Diest had a total ...
On 1 January 1989 the official name of the village was changed from Bergum to Burgum. This was done to match the Frisian name of the village. Bergum is the current name in Dutch. [2] [3] The name Burgum is suggestive of an area of higher altitude than the surrounding area. The province of Friesland is bordered in the north by the Wadden Sea. In ...
Burgum was born on August 1, 1956, in Arthur, North Dakota, the son of Katherine (née Kilbourne) and Joseph Boyd Burgum. He has a brother, Bradley, and a sister, Barbara. [2] [3] He was born where his grandfather established a grain elevator in 1906. [4] The company evolved into an agribusiness that the family still owns. [5]
Van den Berg is a Dutch-language topographic surname meaning "of/from the mountain/slope". With 58,562 people carrying the name, it was the fourth most common surname in The Netherlands in 2007. [1] Variants are Van de Berg, Van der Berg, Van den Berge. Van den Bergh, Van den Berghe and Van den Berghen.
The village was first mentioned in 1718 as Bergumer heide. The current name means north of Burgum. [4] Noardburgum developed in the 19th century as a heath cultivation project of Nicolaas Ypey. [5] The Protestant church was built between 1849 and 1850. The poorhouse was built in 1843, and is currently houses a clog museum. [6]
Koninklijke Football Club Diest is a former Belgian association football club from the town of Diest, Flemish Brabant. It played two spells in the first division : from 1961–62 to 1964–65 and from 1970–71 to 1974–75, finishing 7th in 1964.
The Mountain (German: Der Berg) is a 1991 Swiss drama film directed by Markus Imhoof.It was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. [1] The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Museum Mayer van den Bergh is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium, housing the collection of the art dealer and collector Fritz Mayer van den Bergh (1858–1901). The major works are from the Gothic and Renaissance period in the Netherlands and Belgium, including paintings by Pieter Brueghel the Elder .