Huldenberg

{{Infobox Belgium municipality

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|map-legend = Location of Huldenberg in Flemish Brabant

|arms = Blason Huldenberg.svg

|flag = Flag of Huldenberg.svg

|arrondissement = Leuven

|nis = 24045

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|mayor = Danny Vangoidtsenhoven (OpenVLD)

|majority = OpenVLD, Groen

|postal-codes = 3040

|telephone-area = 016, 02

|web = [http://www.huldenberg.be/ www.huldenberg.be]

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Huldenberg ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦʏldə(m)bɛr(ə)x}}) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns and villages of Huldenberg proper, Loonbeek, {{Interlanguage link multi|Neerijse|nl}}, Ottenburg and Sint-Agatha-Rode. On January 1, 2011, Huldenberg had a total population of 9,464. The total area is 39.64 km² which gives a population density of 230 inhabitants per km².

It is the seat of the Belgian branch of the House of Limburg-Stirum.

It has a football club called VK Huldenberg, which was created from a fusion of the clubs FC Huldenberg and VK Rode.{{cite web|title=Voetbal (Football) OHR Huldenberg vzw|url=http://www.huldenberg.be//Voetbal|website=Gemeente Huldenberg (Huldenberg town council)|access-date=25 March 2016|date=2014}}

Every Tuesday there is a market from 8h - 13h. This market is located at the Gemeenteplein, near town hall.

At the end of WW II, Mary Churchill, daughter of the British prime minister, was a member of a British all-women anti-aircraft battery 481 that was stationed at Huldenberg for three months. She was entertained by the then burgomaster of Huldenberg, Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum and his wife Marie,{{cite book|last1=Soames|first1=Mary|title=A Daughter's Tale|date=2011|publisher=Doubleday|location=Croydon, UK|isbn=978-0-385-60448-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/daughterstalemem0000soam_j3n1/page/327 327–334]|url=https://archive.org/details/daughterstalemem0000soam_j3n1/page/327}} née Princess of Croÿ. She noted that she found the local people very friendly and helpful and stated ("somewhat priggishly" she admitted) "...the flouting by all of and sundry of whatever regulations existed here, and the wide-spread use of the flourishing 'black market'. This had been regarded as almost a 'patriotic duty' during the occupation, but it was still going on now - apparently unrestrained."

Gallery

File:Kerkhuldenberg.jpg|Church in Huldenberg

File:Huldenberg Peuthystraat B.jpg|The Peuthystraat entering the center of Huldenberg

File:Huldenberg plataan en pomp.JPG|Freedomtree (Vrijheidsboom) (platanus) and a monument from 1906

File:Huldenberg Rochus kapel.jpg|St.-Rochuschapel built in 1727

File:Municipality house Huldenberg2.jpg|Municipality house Huldenberg

File:Huldenberg aerial photo H.jpg|Aerial view of Huldenberg

File:Huldenberg kasteel B.jpg|Castle of Huldenberg, belonging to the counts of Limburg-Stirum

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