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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 .
The AFAS Stadion is a football stadium in Mechelen, Belgium. It is used for football matches and is the home ground of KV Mechelen. Currently, the ground has a capacity of 16,672. The stadium is called Achter de Kazerne, which means "Behind the Army Barracks". It is called this because the stadium was once located behind an army base.
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.
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.
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, born in Ghent, and brought up in Mechelen until age 17 (1500–1558) Anne Boleyn, future wife of English King Henry VIII (1504–1536). [3] John Clement, English humanist, tutor of Thomas More's children (16th century) [4] [5] Viglius, statesman and jurist (1507–1577) Johannes Secundus, Neo-Latin poet (1511–1536)
St. Rumbold's Cathedral (Dutch: Sint-Romboutskathedraal; French: Cathédrale Saint-Rombaut) is the Roman Catholic metropolitan archiepiscopal cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium, dedicated to Saint Rumbold, Christian missionary and martyr who founded an abbey nearby.
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 Diocesan Pastoral Centre Mechelen is a centre for pastoral activities and ecclestical administration, which also houses the diocesan archive of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. It is located on the two-acre (8,861 square metres) site of what was formerly the Major Seminary in Mechelen , an institution for the training of Catholic ...