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This is a French-speaking Belgian branch of the Red Cross. This subsidiary organization of the Belgian Red Cross is also like Rode Kruis-Vlaanderens as it is a connected member of the International Red Cross and the Red Crescent Movement.
The first mention of Schaerbeek's name was Scarenbecca, recorded in a document from the Bishop of Cambrai in 1120. [3] The origin of the name may come from the Franconian words schaer ("notch", "score") and beek ("creek", "beck"). [4] Schaerbeek is nicknamed "the city of donkeys" (French: la cité des ânes, Dutch: de ezelsgemeente).
Schaerbeek railway station (French: Gare de Schaerbeek) or Schaarbeek railway station (Dutch: Station Schaarbeek) [a] is a railway station in the municipality of Schaerbeek in Brussels, Belgium, opened in 1887. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).
The French Red Cross (French: Croix-Rouge française), or the CRF, is the national Red Cross Society in France founded in 1864 and originally known as the Société française de secours aux blessés militaires (SSBM). Recognized as a public utility since 1945, the French Red Cross is one of the 191 national societies of the International Red ...
The canton of Croix is an administrative division of the Nord department, northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Croix. [1] It consists of the following communes: [1] Croix; Hem; Lannoy; Lys-lez-Lannoy; Wasquehal
[2] [9] It covered the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, as well as Belgium except for Eupen-Malmedy which were reincorporated directly into the German Reich. [citation needed] The Wehrmacht troops in the area were commanded by Wehrmachtbefehlshaber Belgien-Nordfrankreich Martin Grase (13 July 1944 – 16 September 1944). [citation needed]
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The Halles de Schaerbeek or Hallen van Schaarbeek is a cultural centre in Brussels, Belgium. It is located at 22, rue Royale Sainte-Marie / Koninklijke Sinte-Mariastraat in Schaerbeek , in the former Sainte-Marie covered market, built in 1865 and destroyed by a fire in 1898.