Unreferenced date March 2007 Infobox arrondissement name Arrondissement of Ostend native name lang nl Arrondissement Oostende br lang fr Arrondissement d Ostende type Arrondissements of Belgium Arrondissement image skyline image alt image caption image map Arrondissement Oostende Belgium Map.png map alt map caption Location of the arrondissement in West Flanders latd 51.2 longd 2.9 coor pinpoint coordinates type region BE type adm3rd coordinates display inline,title coordinates footnotes coordinates region BE subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Belgium subdivision type1 Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium Region subdivision name1 BE REG FLE subdivision type2 Provinces of Belgium Province subdivision name2 BE PROV WV parts type Municipality Municipalities parts style para p1 7 established title established date unit pref Metric or US or UK area footnotes area total km2 291.60 elevation footnotes elevation m population footnotes population total 147,292 population as of 1 January 2006 population density km2 auto timezone1 Central European Time CET utc offset1 1 timezone1 DST Central European Summer Time CEST utc offset1 DST 2 iso code website URL example.com footnotes The Arrondissement of Ostend lang nl Arrondissement Oostende lang fr Arrondissement d Ostende is one of the eight administrative Arrondissements of Belgium arrondissements in the Provinces of Belgium Province of West Flanders , Belgium . The Administrative Arrondissement of Ostend consists ... Ostend Oudenburg Administrative arrondissements of Belgium DEFAULTSORT Arrondissement Of Ostend Category West Flanders Ostend Category Arrondissements of Flanders Ostend Category Ostend WestFlanders geo stub br Arondisamant Oostende bg de Ostende Arrondissement fa fr Arrondissement administratif d Ostende it Arrondissement di Ostenda li Oostende arrendissement nl Arrondissement Oostende vi Ostend huy n vls Arroundissement Ostende ... more details
BE NL province BE PROV WV arrondissementArrondissement of OstendOstend nis 35013 pyramid date 01 ...Other uses Infobox Belgium Municipality name Ostend br Oostende nl icon picture Ostend pier 20040908 002.jpg picture legend The beach at the pier. map MnpOstendLocation.png map legend Location of Ostend ... Beach, seafront and Europacenter building Ostend lang nl Oostende , IPA nl o s t nd lang ... , and the city of Ostend proper the largest on the Belgian coast. History Origin to Middle Ages In earlier times, Ostend was nothing more than a small village built on the east end lang nl oost einde ... coastline has always been rather unstable and in 1395 the inhabitants decided to build a new Ostend ... century File Ostend, Belgium Ferraris Map.jpg thumb left Ostend on the Ferraris map around 1775 The strategic position on the North Sea coast had major advantages for Ostend as a harbour but also ... of Ostend , 1601 to 1604, of which it was said that the Spanish assailed the unassailable and the Dutch ... base. After this era, Ostend was turned into a harbour of some importance. In 1722, the Dutch again closed off the entrance to the harbour of Antwerp , the Westerschelde . Therefore, Ostend rose in importance .... The Oostendse Compagnie the Ostend trade company was allowed to found colonies overseas. However ... nations regarded international trade as their privilege. Modern era In later times, the harbour of Ostend ..., were improved. In 1838, a railway connection with Brussels was constructed. Ostend became a transit ... I and Leopold II of Belgium Leopold II . Both liked to spend their holidays in Ostend. Important ... and soon Ostend became known as The Queen of the Belgian sea side resorts . In 1866 Ostend was the venue ... century wars brought significant destruction to Ostend. Many opulent buildings not destroyed in wars ... Prose date March 2009 Interesting locations are the Casino and Fort Napoleon. Ostend is also famous ... , horse racing venue. St Petrus and St Paulus Church, Ostend Sint Petrus en Pauluskerk , built ... more details
Ostend is a major coastal city in Belgium. There are also Ostende, Buenos Aires , a coastal resort in Pinamar Partido, Argentina Ostend, Essex , England Ostend Frankfurt am Main , a district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany Ostend, Norfolk , England Ostend, New Zealand See also Ostend Manifesto geodis ... more details
coord 51 13 28 N 2 54 35 E region BE type city source dewiki display title The port of Ostend Dutch Oostende is situated in Ostend , West Flanders Belgium . The port is mainly known as a ferry port. Freight, and recently also passenger transport between Ostend and Ramsgate is provided by Transeuropa Ferries . The port also services freight transport between Ostend and both Ipswich and Killingholme . History As part of the ancient city of Ostend the port was founded in 1584 when the sand dunes were pushed back to create the beginnings of the modern basin. ref name POO cite web url http www.portofoostende.be info hidden frame port.htm title History 1400 1600 accessdate 2007 12 10 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20071019022625 http www.portofoostende.be info hidden frame port.htm Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2007 10 19 ref Twenty years later Ostend had been transformed from a sleepy fishing village into a fortified, moated and important Dutch port. After the Siege of Ostend 1601 1604 the port was not rebuilt. It became a haven for privateers until the eighteenth century. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI briefly granted it a license to trade with the far east as the Ostend Company Oostendsche Companie . This enriched the port and set it up again. During the American Revolution Ostend became a free port. The docks were redeveloped under Dutch rule 1815 1830 . Ferry services to Dover began in 1846, with Ostend being the hub for the Regie voor Maritiem Transport until 1997. Again at the end of the 19th century the port was redeveloped to cope with the larger ships of the period. The City Council, unable to raise sufficient funds for the redevelopment handed control ... Wars see First Ostend Raid First and Second Ostend Raid but soon recovered. References reflist External ... Ferries Belgian ports Category Ostend Category Ports and harbours of Belgium Ostend Category Ports and harbours of the North Sea Ostend de Hafen von Ostende nl Haven van Oostende ... more details
Infobox Planet minorplanet yes width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Ostend symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer E. W. Elst discovery site La Silla discovered July 26, 1998 designations yes mp name 9471 alt names 1998 OU13 named after Ostend mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 3.0217558 perihelion 2.5582240 semimajor eccentricity 0.0830705 period 1702.1678195 avg speed inclination 2.43627 asc node 310.30982 mean anomaly 310.47418 arg peri 110.39750 satellites physical characteristics yes dimensions mass density surface grav escape velocity sidereal day axial tilt pole ecliptic lat pole ecliptic lon albedo temperatures temp name1 mean temp 1 max temp 1 temp name2 max temp 2 spectral type abs magnitude 13.5 9471 Ostend 1998 OU13 is a Asteroid belt main belt asteroid discovered on July 26, 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla . References Reflist External links http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 9471 Ostend JPL Small Body Database Browser on 9471 Ostend DEFAULTSORT Ostend Category Main Belt asteroids Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1998 beltasteroid stub fa it 9471 Ostend la 9471 Ostend hu 9471 Ostend pl 9471 Ostend pt 9471 Ostend uk 9471 vi 9471 Ostend yo 9471 Ostend ... more details
Infobox military conflict conflict Siege of Ostend partof the Eighty Years War image Image Sitio de Ostende.jpg 300px caption Siege of Ostend by Pieter Snayers , oil on canvas. date 5 July 1601 &ndash 16 September 1604 place Ostend present day Belgium result Spanish victory combatant1 flagicon Dutch Republic Dutch Republic United Provinces br flagicon England Kingdom of England England combatant2 flag Spain 1506 commander1 flagicon Dutch Republic Daniel de Hertaing br flagicon England Francis Vere commander2 flagicon Spain 1506 Archduke Albert 1559 1621 Archduke Albrecht br flagicon Spain 1506 Ambrosio Spinola, marqu s de los Balbases Ambrosio Spinola strength1 40,000 infantry, br 9,500 cavalry strength2 68,500 infantry, br 12,000 cavalry casualties1 30,000 dead or wounded br 15,000 captured br 30,000 civilians casualties2 35,000 dead or wounded Campaignbox Eighty Years War Campaignbox Anglo Spanish War The Siege of Ostend was a three year siege of the city of Ostend in present day Belgium during the Eighty Years War and one of the longest sieges in history. It is remembered as the bloodiest battle of the war, and culminated in a Spanish Empire Spanish victory. It is said the Spanish ..., the Spanish tore Ostend s outer defenses from the exhausted Dutch and put what remained of the city ... of Ostend developed by Pompeo Targone and G Gamurini.jpg thumb left Machines for the Siege of Ostend developed by Pompeo Targone and G. Gamurini. Drawn by P. Giustiniano, Delle guerre di Fiandra ... United Provinces . Citations and notes Reflist References Simoni, Anna E. C., The Ostend Story Early ... modern world, 1494 1660 . Lombaerde, P., The fortifications of Ostend during the Great Siege of 1601 ... month mar2004.html Siege of Ostend Journal at Glasgow University Commons category Siege of Ostend ... Years War Ostend Category Battles involving Flanders Ostend Category Sieges involving Spain Ostend Category Ostend Category Conflicts in 1604 Netherlands hist stub Spain battle stub de Belagerung ... more details
Infobox UK place country England latitude 52.83806 longitude 1.50997 label position left os grid reference TG365325 official name Ostend population population ref population data only available at parish level area total km2 static image static image caption shire district North Norfolk shire county Norfolk region East of England civil parish uncertain constituency westminster postcode district postcode area post town dial code london distance hide services true Ostend is a coastal settlement in the England English county of Norfolk . It is between the towns of Cromer and Caister on Sea being south of, and contiguous with, Walcott, Norfolk Walcott . Ostend achieved a degree of national notability in June 2002 when a rare specimen of Cuvier s Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris was stranded on its beach. ref cite web url http www.glaucus.org.uk News2002.htm title Marine Wildlife News of the North east Atlantic Ocean 2002 accessdate 26 June 2009 ref Notes Reflist External links oscoor gbx TG365325 coord 52.83806 N 1.50997 E region GB source enwiki osgb36 TG365325 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref External links Commons category inline Ostend, Norfolk Category Villages in Norfolk Norfolk geo stub pl Ostend Norfolk ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox UK place country England static image static image caption latitude 51.64300 longitude 0.79521 official name Ostend population civil parish shire district shire county Essex region East of England constituency westminster Maldon and East Chelmsford UK Parliament constituency Maldon and East Chelmsford post town Burnham on Crouch postcode district CM0 postcode area CM dial code os grid reference TQ935975 Ostend is a hamlet place hamlet in the England English county of Essex . It is located about a mile north west of the town of Burnham on Crouch . Essex geo stub Category Hamlets in Essex ... more details
The Imperial Ostend Company lang de Kaiserliche Ostender Kompanie lang nl Keijserlijche Oostendse Compagnie was an Habsburg Empire Austrian Flemish private trading company established in 1717 to trade with the East Indies East and West Indies . For a few years it provided strong competition to the traditional colonial trading companies. It was eventually closed down in 1731 following British pressure as part of the Treaty of Vienna 1731 Treaty of Vienna creating Anglo Austrian Alliance an alliance between the two states . Background The success of the Dutch East India Company Dutch , British East India Company British and French East India Company French East India Companies led the merchants and shipowners of Ostend in the Austrian Netherlands to desire to establish direct commercial relations with the Indies. The trade from Ostend to Mocha, Yemen Mocha , India , Bengal and China started in 1715. Some private merchants from Antwerp , Ghent and Ostend were granted charters for the East India trade by the Habsburg government of the Austrian Netherlands, which had recently gained control of the territory from Spain. Between 1715 and 1723, 34 ships sailed from Ostend to China, the Malabar ... upon the profits and this resulted in the foundation of the Ostend East India Company, chartered ..., and who raised the most vocal opposition to the new company. Ships The ships used by the ostend ... ordered the definitive abolition. The flourishing Ostend Company had been sacrificed to the interests ... Austria re established a colonial trading company, based on the model of the Ostend Company, to take ... in 1775 by William Bolts and Charles Proli, which was based in Ostend and Trieste and operated until ... reflist References Cite EB1911 W1EC 1 wstitle Ostend Company Parmentier, Jan De holle compagnie. Smokkel ... O 0048.htm Banglapedia Ostend Company Chartered companies Category Chartered companies Category Companies ... of Flanders Category Ostend Category Colonial Indian companies de Ostender Kompanie es Compa a de Ostende ... more details
File PSoule.jpg thumb Pierre Soul , the driving force behind the Ostend Manifesto Events leading to US Civil War The Ostend Manifesto was a document written in 1854 that described the rationale for the United States to purchase Cuba from Spain while implying that the U.S. should declare war if Spain ... in the United States , Manifest Destiny , and the Monroe Doctrine , the Ostend Manifesto proposed ... John Y. Mason at Ostend , Belgium to discuss the matter. The resulting dispatch, drafted at Aix ... States House of Representatives House of Representatives . Dubbed the Ostend Manifesto , it was immediately ... until after the American Civil War . While the Ostend Manifesto was never acted upon, American interest ... the administration s intent. ref May 1973 , p. 69. ref Wikisource Ostend Manifesto After a minor disagreement about the location of the meeting, the diplomats met in Ostend, Belgium from October 9 11 ... 1893 , pp. 38 39. ref The resulting dispatch, which would come to be known as the Ostend Manifesto ... the fair fabric of our Union. ref s Ostend Manifesto Full text of the Ostend Manifesto at en.wikisource ... as the primary architect of the Ostend Manifesto, while the experienced and cautious Buchanan ... of the decisions at Ostend that the President feared they were based on leaks, as indeed ... Brown 1980 , pp. 255 256. ref Fallout Image Ostend doctrine.jpg thumb A political cartoon depicts James Buchanan surrounded by hoodlums using quotations from the Ostend Manifesto to justify robbing him. The caption below reads The Ostend Doctrine . When the document was published, it outraged Northerners ... been highly sympathetic to the Southern cause, and the Ostend Manifesto contributed to the splintering ... discussion of Cuba, and he promptly resigned. ref Potter 1967 , p. 195. ref The backlash from the Ostend ... 0195083032 External links Cite NIE Ostend Manifesto year 1905 Cuba United States relations Featured ... simple Ostend manifesto sv Ostendemanifestet ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Wiktionary Arrondissement IPA fr a dism lang , IPA en r nd sm nt ... . The capital of an arrondissement is called a Subprefectures in France subprefecture . When an arrondissement ... is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture. Arrondissements ... arrondissement Main municipal arrondissements of France A municipal arrondissement Lang fr arrondissement ... , they should not be confused with departmental Arrondissement in France arrondissements ... or administrative arrondissement these belong to can be found in the Municipalities of Belgium ... , except for the arrondissements arrondissement Brussels Capital Brussels Capital geographically coinciding with the Brussels Capital Region and Halle Vilvoorde Arrondissement Halle Vilvoorde one ... being used as electoral circles col begin col break arrondissement Arlon Arlon arrondissement Marche en Famenne Marche en Famenne arrondissement Bastogne Bastogne nb10 arrondissement Mons Mons arrondissement Charleroi Charleroi arrondissement Dinant Dinant arrondissement Philippeville Philippeville arrondissement Tournai Tournai arrondissement Ath Ath arrondissement Mouscron Mouscron arrondissement Huy Huy arrondissement Waremme Waremme arrondissement Li ge Li ge col break arrondissement Namur Namur arrondissement Neufch teau Neufch teau arrondissement Virton Virton arrondissement Nivelles Nivelles arrondissement Thuin Thuin arrondissement Soignies Soignies arrondissement Verviers Verviers ... 2010. Netherlands In the Netherlands an arrondissement is a judiciary judicial jurisdiction, comprising ... Most nations in Africa which had been colonised by the French have retained the arrondissement ... with Communes towns . In Mali the arrondissement is a subunit of a Cercle Mali Cercle , while ... Category Subdivisions of Morocco af Arrondissement als Arrondissement ar zh min nan Arrondissement bg br Arondisamant cs Arrondissement da Arrondissement de Arrondissement ... more details
Infobox German location name Ostend type Stadtteil Town Frankfurt image photo image coa lat deg 50 lat min 06 lat sec 47 lon deg 08 lon min 42 lon sec 02 image plan Mk Frankfurt Karte Ostend.png plantext Location of Ostend within Frankfurt state Hessen region Darmstadt district urban elevation area 6.432 population 26547 population as of 2007 12 31 postal code 60314, 60316, 60385 area code 069 licence F Website http www.frankfurt.de sis sis detail.php?id 1628 www.frankfurt.de Ostend is a borough of Frankfurt am Main , Germany . It is part of the Ortsbezirk Innenstadt IV, and is subdivided into 4 Stadtbezirke . It is home to several brothels located along the Main River. The most famous of these brothels, or Puffs, is the Eros Center with its ubiquitous legs entrance. Ostend has a spectacular view of Sachsenhausen where many tourists, including young American Soldiers, frivolously spent their money. The Heinrich von Gagern Gymnasium , a Gymnasium Germany Gymnasium and the Hoch Conservatory are in the Ostend. File Hochsches Konservatorium Frankfurt.jpg left thumb Sonnenmannstra e 16. Home of the Hoch Conservatory Suburbs of Frankfurt am Main Hesse geo stub Category Districts of Frankfurt de Frankfurt Ostend fr Ostend Francfort sur le Main it Ostend nl Frankfurt Ostend no Frankfurt Ostend sv Ostend ... more details
The Ostend Film Festival lang nl Filmfestival Oostende is an annual film festival held in Ostend , Belgium . It was launched in 2007 and has been held every year in September. The film voted by a jury as the best in the competition section receives the Best Film Award. External links Official website filmfestivaloostende.be Category Film festivals in Belgium Category International film festivals Category Recurring events established in 2007 coord missing Belgium film festival stub nl Filmfestival Oostende ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Ostend is a settlement on Waiheke Island in northern New Zealand . It is the home to the island s only supermarket Woolworths New Zealand Woolworths and is also known as the industrial area of the island. The bay at Ostend is known as Putiki Bay where a Causeway was built to enable vehicles access across the water. Today it is used by boatsmen who moor their boats on the beach as it is easy to access from the mainland marina at Half Moon Bay, Auckland Half Moon Bay Coord 36.7959 175.0481 format dms display title Category Waiheke Island Category Populated places in New Zealand Auckland geo stub ... more details
Infobox Airport name Ostend Bruges International Airport nativename nativename a nativename r image Ostlogo.png image width 200 caption image2 Oostende Airport 1.jpg image2 width 200 IATA OST ICAO EBOS center Location map Belgium width 200 float center caption mark Airplane silhouette.svg marksize 10 label OST position right lat deg 51 lat min 11 lat sec 59 lat dir N lon deg 02 lon min 51 lon sec 49 lon dir E small Location of airport in Belgium small center type Public owner operator Flemish Government city served location Ostend elevation f 13 elevation m 4 coordinates Coord 51 11 59 N 02 51 49 E type airport website metric elev metric rwy r1 number 08 26 r1 length f 10,499 r1 length m 3,200 r1 surface Asphalt stat year 2010 stat1 header Freight tonne s stat1 data 64,041 t stat2 header Passengers stat2 data 213,638 stat3 header Aircraft movements stat3 data 37,875 footnotes Ostend Bruges International Airport in Dutch Internationale Luchthaven Oostende Brugge commonly Ostend Airport is located in Ostend , Belgium , near the coast and about 25 km from the city centre of Bruges . Although an important proportion of the activities focuses on freight transport, it is increasingly used ... occupiers moved the airfield of Ostend Stene to a site in the territory of the municipality of Middelkerke, five kilometres southwest of Ostend. It played a major role in the air battle with Britain ... Ostend and London Stansted . The airport was given a new name Ostend Bruges International Airport . However, Ryanair stopped operating the route in December 2003. ref http www.ost.aero Ostend Bruges International ... Director of Ostend Bruges International Airport by the Flemish government. He effectively took ... External links http www.ost.aero Ostend Bruges International Airport References reflist Belgian airports Category Airports in Belgium Category Bruges Category Ostend Category Buildings and structures ... lotniczy Ostenda Brugia ru vi S n bay qu c t Ostend Bruges ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict conflict First Ostend Raid partof Naval warfare of World War I North Sea North ... Wreckage of HMS Brilliant at Ostend date 23 24 April 1918 place Ostend , Belgium result German ... Unknown ref British casualties in the Ostend raid were quite heavy amongst the crews of the blockships ... Ostend Raid part of Operation ZO was the first of two attacks by the Royal Navy on the German held port of Ostend during the late spring of 1918 during the World War I First World War . Ostend was attacked ... raiding force to sink two obsolete cruisers in the canal mouth at Ostend and three at Zeebrugge, thus preventing raiding ships leaving Bruges. The Ostend canal was the smaller and narrower ... Raid . Consequently, fewer resources were provided to the force assaulting Ostend. While the attack at Zeebrugge garnered some limited success, the assault on Ostend was a complete failure. The German ... of the operation, a Second Ostend Raid second attack was launched which proved more successful in sinking ... plans to attack Ostend came to nothing during the summer of 1918, and the threat from Bruges ... into the sea at the small coastal towns of Zeebrugge and Ostend . This land barrier protected Bruges ... the lock gates at Ostend with monitor warship monitors . ref name DM60 Messimer, p.60 ref This effort ... supporting warships. Ostend was faced by a similar but smaller force under immediate command ... 1891 2 to be expended in blocking the canal which emptied at Ostend. These ships would be stripped to essential ... ref Attack on Ostend The assaults on Zeebrugge and Ostend were eventually launched on 23 April, after twice being delayed by poor weather. The Ostend force arrived off the port shortly before midnight ... Squadron, destroyers moved closer to Ostend to cover the retreat and the monitors continued their heavy ... conferred, the full facts of the failed operation were revealed. The German commander of Ostend had ... buoy no night attack on Ostend could be successful without a strong familiarity with the port, which ... more details
Featured article Infobox military conflict conflict Second Ostend Raid partof North Sea Operations, First World War image Image Hmsvindictive9.jpg 300px Vindictive caption Wreck of HMS Vindictive at Ostend date 9 May 1918 place Ostend , Belgium result HMS Vindictive sunk in Ostend harbour but only partially ... Casualties in Ostend Raid 47 , New York Times , 13 May 1918, Retrieved 12 September 2007 ref casualties2 3 killed, br 8 wounded Campaignbox North Sea 1914 1918 The Second Ostend Raid officially known ... Kingdom s Royal Navy to block the channels accessing the Belgian port of Ostend as a part of their conflict ... to Allied countermeasures and reduce the time they could spend raiding. The ports of Ostend and Zeebrugge ... fire and coastal raids, providing a safe harbour for training and repair. The Ostend Raid was largely ... at Ostend and Zeebrugge, through which small warships such as destroyer s, light cruiser s and submarine ... the exit at Ostend, the smaller and narrower of the Bruges canals, had ended in failure. On 7 September ... water. ref Buxton, p. 127 ref Two years passed before the next attempt on the Ostend locks. The First Ostend Raid was conducted in tandem with the similar Zeebrugge Raid led by Acting Vice Admiral ... months for the British authorities to realise that it had been unsuccessful, at Ostend the attack ... Messimer, p.174 ref Thus while Zeebrugge seemed to be blocked entirely, Ostend was open wide, nullifying ..., Keyes planned a return to Ostend with the intention of blocking the canal and consequently severing ... plan to attack the canal mouth at Ostend once more. Two obsolete cruisers the aged HMS Sappho ... the destroyers. ref name MA364 This cover was vital because Ostend was protected by a very strong convert ... by German raiding craft for months to come. ref name DM170 Messimer, p.170 ref Attack on Ostend Image .... ref name BP225 Although this accident halved the ability of the force to block Ostend, Lynes ... zeebrugge admiralty2.htm British Admiralty Statement on the Ostend Raid, 11 May 1918 , Firstworldwar.com ... more details
prior to that was added to the arrondissement from the Arrondissement of Ostend and the then municipality of Wenduine which was merged into De Haan, Belgium De Haan was ceded to the Arrondissement of Ostend. Municipalities The Administrative Arrondissement of Bruges consists of the following ...Unreferenced date March 2007 Infobox arrondissement name Arrondissement of Bruges native name lang nl Arrondissement Brugge br lang fr Arrondissement de Bruges type Arrondissements of Belgium Arrondissement image skyline image alt image caption image map Arrondissement Brugge Belgium Map.png map alt map caption Location of the arrondissement in West Flanders latd 51.2 longd 3.2 coor pinpoint coordinates ... The Arrondissement of Bruges lang nl Arrondissement Brugge lang fr Arrondissement de Bruges is one ... and a Arrondissements of Belgium Judicial judicial arrondissement . However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Bruges also comprises the municipalities of the Arrondissement of Ostend , most of the Arrondissement of Tielt except the municipalities of Meulebeke , Dentergem , Oostrozebeke and Wielsbeke , as well as the municipality of Lichtervelde in the Arrondissement of Roeselare . History The Arrondissement of Bruges was created in 1800 as the first arrondissement in the 130 departments ... comprised the cantons of Ardooie , Bruges , Gistel , Ostend , Ruiselede , Tielt and Torhout . In 1818, the arrondissements of Arrondissement of OstendOstend , Arrondissement of Roeselare Roeselare , Arrondissement of Tielt Tielt and Torhout were created. This resulted in the arrondissement losing more than half of its territory. The Arrondissement of Torhout already ceased to exist in 1823 and the canton of Torhout was added to the Arrondissement of Bruges again. As a result of the merger ... DEFAULTSORT Arrondissement Of Bruges Category West Flanders Bruges Category Arrondissements of Flanders ... Brugge bg de Br gge Arrondissement fa fr Arrondissement administratif ... more details
Fort Napoleon in Ostend is a polygonal fort built in the Napoleonic era . During World War I, the fort was used as accommodation for a German headquarters, and decorated with murals by German soldier Heinrich Otto Pieper. The heavy coastal artillery battery Hindenburg was stationed nearby it had been transferred there from Fort Heppen, Wilhelmshaven in 1915, and it was armed with four 280mm 11 inch guns of 1886 1887 vintage in heavily armored turrets on semi circular concrete platforms. ref nl icon G. Billiet, De Duitse Batterijen Op De Belgische Kust In 1914 1918. Beknopt Overzicht , in O. Villain, http www.deplate.be system files tijdschriften per uitgave 1984 12.pdf Tijdschrift van de Oostendse Heemkundige Kring De Plate , 12 December 1984. ref ref cite book title The Yser And The Belgian Coast series Illustrated Michelin Guided to the Battle Fields 1914 1918 page 72 year 1920 ol 7044675M ref ref name WeingartnerAnastaplo1997 cite book author Aleks A. M. Deseyne chapter The German Coastal Defense in Flanders, 1914 1918 editor Steven Weingartner title A weekend with the Great War proceedings of the Fourth Annual Great War Interconference Seminar, Lisle, Illinois, 16 18 September 1994 year 1997 publisher White Mane Pub. isbn 978 1 57249 062 8 pages 42 43 quote ... Outmoded guns were transferred with their crews from positions on the German coast Wilhelmshaven and Kiel to Flanders. For example, the Hindenburg battery, originally located at Fort Heppen near Wilhelmshaven and equipped with 28cm dating from 1886, was transferred to Ostend, where its guns were installed exactly as they had been in their former positions. ref It was captured by the Belgian army in 1918. gallery File Dia17.JPG Aerial view File HindenburgbatterijFort Napoleon1918.jpg Hindenburg battery in 1918 ... Commons category Fort Napoleon Ostend Coord 51 14 19.74 N 2 56 5.96 E display title type landmark region NL Category Forts in Belgium Category Museums in Belgium Category Ostend de Fort Napoleon Ostende ... more details
The tournament was divided into two sections the Championship Tournament and the Masters Tournament . The first section was for players who had previously won an international tournament. ref name fqmpqc harvnb Sunnucks 1970 p 223 ref The Championship Tournament took place in the Casino of Ostend from 16 May to 14 June 1907. Dawid Janowski , Siegbert Tarrasch , Carl Schlechter , and Frank Marshall chess player Frank Marshall had accepted the invitation for the tournament. Emanuel Lasker and G za Mar czy declined and were replaced by Amos Burn and Mikhail Chigorin . The time restriction was 30 moves in two hours and 15 moves in one hour. Tarrasch won the golden medal and 2603 francs. Schlechter became second and gained 2277 francs. ref http www.endgame.nl seaside.htm Gentlemen on the Seaside Bot generated title ref ref http xoomer.alice.it cserica scacchi storiascacchi tornei 1900 49 1907ostendaa.htm osta Bot generated title ref In the Ostend tournament of 1907 the term grandmaster actually Gro meister in German was used, so these players were described as grandmasters for the purposes of the tournament. After winning the tournament, Tarrasch was crowned the World Champion Tournament Player by the tournament organizers. ref http www.chessville.com misc history Mad Aussie Trivia Archive One.htm Chessville The Mad Aussie s Chess Trivia Bot generated title ref Lasker finally agreed to a title match in 1908, and beat Tarrasch convincingly 8 3 5 . The Masters Tournament was a twenty nine player round robin . It was played from 16 May to 25 June. Ossip Bernstein and Akiba Rubinstein ended equal as winners at Ostend B . ref http xoomer.alice.it cserica scacchi storiascacchi tornei 1900 49 1907ostendab.htm ostendab Bot generated title ref Championship Tournament class wikitable style margin style background f0f0f0 style background f0f0f0 Player style background f0f0f0 1 style background f0f0f0 2 style background f0f0f0 3 style background f0f0f0 4 style background f0f0f0 5 st ... more details
Arrondissement of Neufch teau may refer to Arrondissement of Neufch teau Belgium , an arrondissement in the Province of Luxembourg in Belgium Arrondissement of Neufch teau, Vosges , an arrondissement in the Vosges department in France disambig nl Arrondissement Neufch teau ... more details
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