Hansbeke
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| settlement_type = Village
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| image_caption = Hansbeke Castle
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Belgium
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = East Flanders
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Deinze
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| area_total_km2 = 9.89
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_total = 2,107
| population_density_km2 = auto
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Hansbeke is a village and deelgemeente (sub-municipality) in the municipality of Deinze in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The village is located about {{convert|13|km}} west of Ghent.{{cite web|url=https://www.distance.to/Hansbeke,Deinze,BEL/Ghent,BEL |title=Distance Hansbeke, Deinze, BEL -> Ghent, BEL |website=Distance.to |access-date=7 May 2022 |language=nl}}
History
The village was first mentioned in 1147 as Hansbeka, and means "brook near Hamme". The parish was demarcated in 1242, and became part of the Diocese of Ghent in 1559. In 1838, a railway station opened on the Ghent to Bruges railway line. Later the E40 highway was constructed parallel to the railway line. The improved connection to the outside world resulted in the transformation of an agricultural community into a commuter's town.{{cite web|url=https://mijnplatteland.com/meetjesland/hansbeke/nl/ |title=Hansbeke |website=Mijn platteland |access-date=7 May 2022 |language=nl}}{{cite web|url=https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/themas/14196 |title=Hansbeke |website=Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed |access-date=7 May 2022 |language=nl}}
Hansbeke was an independent municipality until 1977, when it was merged to Nevele.{{cite web|url=https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/themas/13327 |title=Nevele |website=Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed |access-date=7 May 2022 |language=nl}} In 2019, it was merged in Deinze. The villagers have established their own village council in December 2019, because they were worried that they were being ignored by the city in the larger municipality.{{cite news|url=https://www.hln.be/deinze/hansbekenaren-richten-eigen-dorpsraad-op-onze-missie-de-belangen-van-hansbeke-verdedigen-en-bewoners-samenbrengen~a9e9654b/ |title=Hansbekenaren richten eigen dorpsraad op: “Onze missie? De belangen van Hansbeke verdedigen én bewoners samenbrengen” |website=Het Laatste Nieuws |access-date=7 May 2022 |language=nl}}
Buildings
The St Peter and Paul Church was first mentioned in 1147. The old church was damaged by a storm in 1780, and demolished in 1790. In 1793, a three aisled basilica-like church was constructed. The tower was destroyed in 1918, and rebuilt between 1922 and 1923 by Valentin Vaerwyck in neo-Flemish Renaissance style.{{cite web|url=https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/35214 |title=Parochiekerk Sint-Petrus en Paulus |website=Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed |access-date=7 May 2022 |language=nl}}
Notable people
- Erwin Mortier (born 1965), author{{cite news|url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/erwin-mortier~b497628d |title=Erwin Mortier |website=Trouw |access-date=7 May 2022 |language=nl}}
- Julius Nieuwland (1899–1985), priest and professor of chemistry and botany{{cite web|url=https://www.hln.be/deinze/de-nieuwe-ringweg-rond-hansbeke-draagt-zijn-naam-maar-wie-was-julius-nieuwland~ad29242d/ |title=De nieuwe ringweg rond Hansbeke draagt zijn naam, maar wie was Julius Nieuwland? |website=Het Laatste Nieuws |access-date=7 May 2022 |language=nl}}
Gallery
File:Kerkhansbeke2 14-08-2009 15-45-13.jpg|St Peter and Paul Church
File:Spoorlijn 50A tussen Hansbeke en Landegem in 2020.jpg|Railway line protection during work on the transmission towers
File:Hansbeke 35227 30-08-2019 9-53-22.jpg|House in Hansbeke
File:De doortocht in Hansbekedorp - richting Zomergem - 2020.jpg|Street view
References
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{{Belgian municipality Deinze}}
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Category:Sub-municipalities of Deinze