LL-L "Events" 2009.09.12 (04) [EN]

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From: Hellinckx Luc <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Events"

Beste Roger,

You wrote:

In the broschur for Brussels I find one gives access to the *house of the
"Hanse"* in Brussels.
I have no idea what link with the Hanse it had in the 18th century.
Here is a scan:
http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/hanze/bruom.jpg
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I found some description of this house (in French, before the restauration)
in:
Le patrimoine monumental de la Belgique,
Bruxelles, tome 1A, Pentagone A-D
*1989*, Liège, Solédi,
description: p 157-158-159
http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/hanze/157.jpg
http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/hanze/158.jpg
http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/hanze/159.jpg
(The text says there is no ground for calling it after the Hanse, as one did
in the 20th century)
index picture nr 313 at p 432
http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/hanze/432.jpg


I wouldn't rule out a direct connection with the Hanze.

The northwestern corner of inner Brussels (inside the pentagon that is) has
always been filled with warehouses. This is no coincidence, since the old
"Kanaal van Willebroek" (or "de voet", as it's called in Brussels, one of
the oldest European canals) entered Brussels there. Crossing the pentagon at
Yser, the canal followed Handelskaai, Timmerhoutkaai and finally
Baksteenkaai (kaai = quay), the terminal was just in front of
Saint-Catherine's church. This is how the very center of Brussels was
actually connected with the North Sea and ships were surely docking in
Brussels from the second half of the 16h century on. At the terminal, fish
was unloaded and that's why nowadays the big square next to the church is
still called "de vismèt".

I don't know how big these ships were, but the digging of the canal was a
serious drawback for Pajottenland because it meant that all trade coming
from the South no longer followed the Roman highway from Bavay (France) to
Asse, and then onward to Merchtem and Buggenhout where merchants used to
board ships to Antwerp in the old days.

Kind greetings,

Luc Hellinckx, Halle, Belgium

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