See also:

• NIVELLES (Flem. Nyvel)

NIVELLES (Flem. Nyvel)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• BRABANT
• BRABANT, NORTH

Brabant, situated on the Thines 19 m . S. of See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels . Pop . (1904) 12,109 . It is a busy little See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place with many See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries, notably the manufacture of See also:

• PARCHMENT

parchment . The town is supposed to owe its origin to the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of a See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent on the spot by Itta or Iduberge, wife of See also:

• PIPPIN, or PEPIN

Pippin of See also:

• LANDEN
• LANDEN, JOHN (1719–1790)

Landen . The Romanesque See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St Gertrude, named after Itta's daughter, See also:

• DATES

dates from the nth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, but has been badly restored and is disfigured by a heavy See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower . On the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of the tower is the effigy of a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man in See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron who strikes the See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours with a See also:

• HAMMER, FRIEDRICH JULIUS (1810-1862)

hammer . He is called by the townspeople See also:

• JEAN

Jean de See also:

• NIVELLES (Flem. Nyvel)

Nivelles, a celebrated See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron of the 15th century whose See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title eventually became merged in that of the See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count de See also:

• HORNES, MORITZ (1815-1868)

Hornes (See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

Horn) . The church is supposed to occupy the site of Itta's convent . See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

Close to Nivelles is Seneffe, where See also:

• CONDE
• CONDE, LOUIS DE BOURBON, PRINCE
• CONDE, LOUIS II
• CONDE, PRINCES OF

Conde defeated See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange in 1674, and at Nivelles itself the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French under Marceau defeated the Austrians in 1794 .