About the Belgian city Infobox Belgium Municipality name Ghent br Gent nl icon picture BelfortGent.jpg picture width 270 picture legend Belfry of Ghent . Behind it the Saint Nicholas Church, Ghent Saint Nicholas church is visible. map GemGentLocation.png map legend Ghent in the province of East Flanders ... arrondissement Arrondissement of GhentGhent nis 44021 pyramid date 01 January 2006 0 19 20.92 20 64 ... Differently sp.a small list of mayors List of mayors of Ghent majority Socialist Party Differently ... seats 51 br 14 br 11 br 2 br 9 br 7 br 4 br 1 sections name Gent br Mariakerke, Ghent Mariakerke br ... br Gentbrugge br Ledeberg, Ghent Ledeberg br Afsnee br Sint Denijs Westrem br Zwijnaarde sectionspostal ... min 3 lon deg 3 lon min 44 Ghent IPA en nt lang nl Gent , IPA nl nt pron lang fr Gand , IPA fr ... of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe. Today it is a busy city with a Port of Ghent port and a University of Ghent university . The municipality comprises the city of Ghent proper and the towns ... 11 28. ref Ghent is Belgium s second largest municipality by number of inhabitants. The metropolitan ... areas in Belgium. The metropolitan area of Ghent is divided into three levels. First, the central ... is 594,582. Retrieved on 2008 10 19. ref The current List of mayors of Ghent mayor of Ghent ... Open VLD and Pro Gent . Every year the ten day long Ghent Festival Gentse Feesten in Dutch is held. About two million visitors attend every year. History File Ghent, Ferraris Map, 1775.jpg thumbnail left 200px Ghent in 1775 Archaeological evidence shows human presence in the region of the confluence ... history cite web title History of Ghent url http www.gent.be gent english history gesch01.htm accessdate ... believe that the older name for Ghent, Ganda , is derived from the Celts Celtic word ganda which means ... Rome Roman period but archaeological research confirms that the region of Ghent was further inhabited ... . Around 650 Saint Amand founded two abbey s in Ghent the Saint Peter Abbey and the Saint Bavo Cathedral ... more details
wiktionary GhentGhent is a city in Belgium. Ghent may also refer to the following locations in the United States Ghent, California Ghent, Kentucky Ghent, Minnesota Ghent CDP , New York Ghent, New York Ghent NYCRR station , a former railway station in the New York town of the same name Ghent, Ohio Ghent, West Virginia Ghent Norfolk neighborhood, Norfolk, Virginia Ghent may also refer to Emmanuel Ghent died 2003 , Canadian composer and psychoanalyst Matthew Ghent born 1980 , English footballer Ronnie Ghent born 1980 , American footballer See also Ghent Altarpiece , a very large and complex Early Netherlandish polyptych panel painting which is considered to be one of Belgium s masterpieces and one of the world s treasures Ghent Bio Energy Valley , a joint initiative, started in 2005, of Ghent University, the city of Ghent, the Port of Ghent, the Development Agency East Flanders and a number of industrial companies Treaty of Ghent , signed on December 24, 1814, in Ghent modern day Belgium, then in limbo between the First French Empire and United Kingdom of the Netherlands , was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gent disambiguation disambig geo surname de Ghent id Ghent disambiguasi it Ghent nl Ghent pl Ghent pt Ghent ... more details
Emmanuel Ghent 1925 2003 was a pioneering composer of electronic music and a psychiatric practitioner, researcher, and teacher. Biography Emmanuel Ghent was born on May 15, 1925 in Montreal, Quebec . He grew up in Montreal and attended McGill University to study medicine. After graduating, he moved to New York to continue his psychiatric training. He remained there all his life, practicing in New York and eventually becoming a clinical professor of psychology at the postdoctoral program in psychoanalysis at New York University . Throughout his life, Ghent worked to expand his field of psychoanalysis beyond psychiatric practitioners. Ghent was also an amateur oboe oboist and composer of electronic music . In the 1960s, Ghent pioneered the concept of electronic music by adapting a computer system, initially designed to synthesize the human voice, to instead synthesize music. With the advent of more sophisticated computer systems in the 1970s, Ghent was able to synchronize the lighting of the theater with the synthesized music. Ghent could thus create music that combined music, dance and light patterns. In fact, several of his most famous musical composition compositions used this idea, most notably Phosphones and Five Brass Voices for Computer Generated Tape. Ghent wrote non electronic music too, including Entelechy for Viola and Piano and 25 Songs for Children and All Their Friends written to commemorate the birth of Ghent s third daughter , Theresa Ghent Locklear. Emmanuel Ghent died on March 31, 2003. References http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9907EEDA123BF930A25757C0A9659C8B63 New York Times Obituary Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ghent, Emmanuel ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1925 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 2003 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ghent, Emmanuel Category Psychoanalysts Category Relational psychoanalysis Category Relational psychoanalysts Category 1925 births Category 2003 deaths Canada musician stub ... more details
Infobox Planet minorplanet yes width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Ghent symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer Eric Walter Elst discovery site La Silla discovered July 26, 1998 designations yes mp name 9473 alt names 1998 OO14 named after Ghent mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 2.8375206 perihelion 2.6878424 semimajor eccentricity 0.0270893 period 1677.2378464 avg speed inclination 4.17955 asc node 139.79157 mean anomaly 298.91549 arg peri 297.64670 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 14.3 9473 Ghent 1998 OO14 is a Asteroid belt main belt asteroid discovered on July 26, 1998 by Eric Walter Elst at La Silla . External links http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 9473 Ghent JPL Small Body Database Browser on 9473 Ghent MinorPlanets Navigator 9472 Bruges 9474 1998 QK15 MinorPlanets Footer DEFAULTSORT Ghent Category Main Belt asteroids Category Discoveries by Eric Walter Elst Category Asteroids named for places Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1998 beltasteroid stub fa it 9473 Ghent hu 9473 Ghent pl 9473 Ghent pt 9473 Ghent ... more details
The port of Ghent is the third biggest port in Belgium . The first port of Ghent was situated at the Scheldt river and later on at the Lys river . Since the Middle Ages Ghent has sought for a connection to the sea. In the 13th century via the Lieve canal to the Zwin near Damme , in the 16th century via the Sassevaart , in the 17th century via the Ghent Bruges Canal . Since the 19th century by the Ghent Terneuzen Canal which connects via the Western Scheldt to the North Sea ref cite web url http www.havengent.be 10 i 1ov.htm 13 title History of the port of Ghent accessdate 2006 03 03 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref . The port of Ghent is accessible by ships of the Panamax size. There are however talks to renew the locks in Terneuzen , which would enable bigger ships to enter the harbour. Image Havenplan Gent.jpg thumb port of Ghent lay out Image Ghent Terneuzen Canal.JPG right thumb Ghent Terneuzen Canal, southwards view from a Ship near Arcelor Arcelor Gent History In 1251, the Lieve Canal was constructed in order to attempt to connect Ghent to Damme , which was at that time was situated at the Zwin . However, the Zwin sanded up and the Lieve canal no longer had any importance by the end of the fifteenth century. In 1547, a second attempt was made by digging the Sassevaart Sasse Canal , which became a busy trade route. In the sixteenth century however, the Wars of Religion ... with the Ghent Bruges Ostend canal. But as a consequence of the abolition of the former trade privileges there was but little activity. The present canal Canal Ghent Terneuzen was finally dug under ... With the digging of the Kluizendok a new era is dawning for Ghent. The first phase of the works ... also Ghent Bio Energy Valley References reflist External links cite web url http www.portofghent.be ... region BE type city source nlwiki DEFAULTSORT Ghent Category Ports and harbours of Belgium Category Ports and harbours of the North Sea Category Ghent de Hafen von Gent fr Port de Gand nl Haven van Gent ... more details
Malem is a garden city neighbourhood in the city of Ghent , Belgium . The neighbourhood was built between 1948 and 1953 in a very homogeneous garden city idea, with uniform white houses, that were designed to house victims of World War II . The neighbourhood has kept its original character. The area is located on the west side of the Ghent agglomeration. coord 51 03 08 N 3 41 41 E display title region BE type city 5000 source nlwiki Category Ghent Category Neighbourhoods in Belgium EastFlanders geo stub fr Malem it Malem nl Malem pl Malem ... more details
Infobox Pigeonbreed name Ghent Cropper image Genter Kropftaube.jpg imagecaption Ghent Cropper status Common altname country nickname augroup usgroup Fancy eegroup extinct crest feather note The Ghent Cropper is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding . ref name Levi cite book last Levi first Wendell title The Pigeon year 1977 publisher Levi Publishing Co, Inc location Sumter, S.C. isbn 0 85390 013 2 ref Ghent Croppers, along with other varieties of Domestic Pigeon domesticated pigeons , are all descendants from the Rock Pigeon Columba livia . References reflist See also List of pigeon breeds Category Domesticated pigeon breeds Domesticated pigeon breed stub ... more details
. The area continues to spread eastward with newer developments The Alexander at Ghent http www.thebristolatghent.com and The Row at Ghent http www.therowatghent.com . The main north south thoroughfares ... Avenue acts as a connector from Ghent to Downtown and crosses the southern tip of Ghent briefly. History The Ghent suburb of Norfolk, Virginia, began its development in 1890 with most construction occurring between 1892 and 1907. Located blocks west of Norfolk s present commercial core, Ghent originally covered approximately convert 220 acre km2 . Although most of Ghent was laid along a standard ... Social class class residents. Ghent s plan was not particularly innovative, but it successfully ... on the opposite shore. While Ghent originally covered more than thirty blocks in area, the Mowbray ... in the years following WW II especially East Ghent and was the focus of a very concentrated and successful .... Much of what was East Ghent which was predominantly an African American area was torn down and rebuilt ... High School and the Van Wyck branch of the Norfolk Public Library. Commerce Ghent s commercial district ... within Ghent are predominantly located on Colley Avenue, Monticello Avenue which includes many fast food establishments as it is the transition area between Ghent and an industrial area to the east ... leading from the main streets in Ghent as well. Attractions Facilities Cultural attractions include ... http ghentva.org Ghent Neighborhood League Norfolk, Virginia Category Neighborhoods in Norfolk ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Ghent, Kentucky settlement type City nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps image map KYMap doton Ghent.PNG mapsize 250px map caption Location of Ghent, Kentucky image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 Kentucky subdivision type2 List of counties in Kentucky County subdivision name2 Carroll County, Kentucky Carroll government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area unit pref Imperial area footnotes area magnitude area total km2 1.9 area land km2 1.9 area water km2 0.0 area total sq mi 0.7 area land sq mi 0.7 area water sq mi 0.0 Population population as of United States Census ... Ghent is a town in Carroll County, Kentucky Carroll County , Kentucky , United States , along ... from the Flemish city Ghent . Geography Ghent is located at coord 38 44 10 N 85 3 37 W type city 38.736116 ... Route 47 . Ghent is north of Interstate 71 . Ghent is on the opposite side of the Ohio River from Vevay, Indiana , but is not linked to it by a bridge. History Ghent was settled at the end of Eighteenth ... ky ghent.html . The community was established in 1814. The town name is derived from the Treaty of Ghent , which was signed on December 24, 1814, in Ghent, Flanders, United Kingdom of the Netherlands ... s name he represented the United States at the Peace Commission. The Ghent Post Office opened ... carroll county.htm Historical Images and Texts of Ghent, Kentucky Carroll County, Kentucky Category Carroll County, Kentucky Category Cities in Kentucky ca Ghent Kentucky de Ghent Kentucky io Ghent, Kentucky ht Ghent, Kentucky nl Ghent Kentucky pt Ghent Kentucky simple Ghent, Kentucky sv Ghent, Kentucky vo Ghent Kentucky ... more details
Moscou is a densely populated, largely suburban neighbourhood of the Belgium Belgian city of Ghent , which ..., 1814, the France French city administration of Ghent loyal to Napoleon I of France Napoleon Bonaparte ... who took up residence on the Ghent Kouter entered the town as liberators on February 4. ref Beeckman ... into concern as 200 300 Russian troops camping just outside Ghent in the fields of Ledeberg close ... to obtain the departure of the Cossacks on February 7, leaving only Prussians in charge of Ghent ... 119.cmVjPTQwMzYy.html 22gents gastenboek 22 1814&hl nl&ct clnk&cd 1&gl be Published on the Ghent city administration website. Accessed in google cache on 2008 12 18. Accessed in Ghent archive cache ... by the 80 year old Colonel Bishalov soon to be dubbed Peetje Kozak or Cossack Granny by the Ghent population arrived in Ghent. Bishalov resided at the Kouter, but, because of their reputation, the soldiers ... Alexander I s accession day, by organizing, amongst other things a cavalcade in the centre of Ghent ... Flanders faltered, on April 2, Bishalov finally left Ghent for Mons . Well into the twentieth century, however, Ghent parents would frighten their children into obedience by threatening to get Cossack Granny to punish their mischief. When on June 29, Russian Emperor Alexander I visited Ghent ..., Ledeberg and Moscou gradually became part of Ghent city, first turning into residential suburbs ... junction serving the Ghent railway lines to Brussels and Antwerp and of a freight station, both ... easy connections with the centre of Ghent. Tram lines between both ends of Moscou and the South Station neighbourhood of Ghent have operated since the beginning of the 20th century. In 1913, during the Exposition universelle et internationale 1913 Ghent World Exhibition , one of these lines was famously ... ref Image Tram4zui.jpg thumb right Tram 4 on its way to Moscou The tram line between Ghent s main ... 4 to which Moscou used to thank most of its notoriety outside Ghent, started operating in 1931. Notwithstanding ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The Ghent system is the name given to an arrangement in some countries whereby the main responsibility for welfare payments, especially unemployment benefits , is held by trade union trade labor unions , rather than a government agency . The system is named after the city of Ghent , Belgium , where it was first implemented. It is the predominant form of unemployment benefit in Denmark , Finland , Iceland and Sweden . Belgium has a hybrid or quasi Ghent system, in which the government also plays a significant role in distributing benefits. In all of the above countries, unemployment funds held by unions or labour federations are regulated and or partly subsidy subsidised by the national government concerned. Because workers in many cases need to belong to a union to receive benefits, union membership is higher in countries with the Ghent system. Furthermore, the state benefit is a fixed sum, but the union benefits depend on previous earnings. References Portal Organized labour Refbegin http www3.interscience.wiley.com journal 118725626 abstract Petri B ckerman & Roope Uusitalo 2006 . Erosion of the Ghent System and Union Membership Decline Lessons from Finland. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 44 2, 283 303. http www.eurofound.europa.eu eiro 2005 10 feature fi0510202f.htm Aleksi Kuusisto 2005 , Independent unemployment insurance fund undermining unions European Industrial Relations Observatory On Line October 24, 2005 http www.encyclopedia.com doc 1G1 171535932.html Jens Lind 2007 , A Nordic saga? The Ghent system and trade unions International Journal of Employment Studies January 4, 2007 http vm.uconn.edu scruggs prq.pdf Lyle Scruggs 2001 , The Ghent System and Union Membership in Europe, 1970 1996 , University of Connecticut Website. Refend Category Trade unions Category Social programs Category Welfare economics Category Employment law sv Gentsystemet Trade union stub poli stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox settlement name Ghent official name settlement type Unincorporated area Unincorporated community nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps image map OHMap doton Montrose Ghent.png mapsize 250px map caption Location of Ghent, Ohio image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 Ohio subdivision type2 List of counties in Ohio County subdivision name2 Summit County, Ohio Summit government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area unit pref Imperial area footnotes area magnitude area total km2 area land km2 area water km2 Population population as of United States Census, 2000 2000 population footnotes population total population density km2 auto General information timezone Eastern Time Zone Eastern EST utc offset 5 timezone DST EDT utc offset DST 4 elevation footnotes elevation ft coordinates display inline,title coordinates type region US type city latd 41 latm 9 lats 30 latNS N longd 81 longm 38 longs 12 longEW W Area postal codes & others postal code type ZIP code s postal code 44333 area code 330 234 blank name Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS code blank info blank1 name Geographic Names Information System GNIS feature ID blank1 info 1048779 website footnotes Image Ghent plat.png 300px right 1891 Plat of Ghent, Ohio Ghent IPAc en icon d n t is an unincorporated community unincorporated hamlet in central Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio ... and Cleveland Massillon Roads just north of the Ghent Road exit of Interstate 77 . It is included in the Montrose Ghent, Ohio Montrose Ghent census designated place . It has a number of local ... geo stub vo Ghent Ohio ... more details
Dampoort is a neighbourhood in the city of Ghent in Belgium . Nowadays it is mainly known as the location of railway station Gent Dampoort railway station Gent Dampoort and a major crossroads. In former times it used to be the eastern gate of the city poort being Dutch for gate . It opened the city towards the region of Waasland or Land van Waas and Antwerp . It is also where the commercial seaport of Ghent links with the inner city canal s. Close to the Dampoort is Portus Ganda , the yachting area of the city, which opened in 2005, at the former confluence of the rivers Schelde lang en Scheldt and Leie . The Dampoort neighbourhood is characterised by a bustling mix of people from different origins Turkish, Eastern Europeans, native Belgians, Moroccan and practically any other nationality the city harbours. coord 51 03 20 N 3 44 27 E display title region BE type landmark source nlwiki Category Ghent nl Station Gent Dampoort ... more details
Infobox military conflict conflict Fall of Ghent partof War of the Austrian Succession image File Ghent, Ferraris Map, 1775.jpg 170px caption Ghent in the eighteenth century date July 1745 place Ghent , Austrian Netherlands casus territory result French occupy Ghent combatant1 flagcountry Kingdom of France combatant2 flag Habsburg Monarchy name Austria br flagcountry Kingdom of Great Britain br flagicon Hanover 1692 Electorate of Hanover Hanover br flag Dutch Republic commander1 flagicon Kingdom of France Ulrich Fr d ric Woldemar, Comte de Lowendal Comte de Lowendal commander2 strength1 strength2 casualties1 casualties2 casualties3 notes Campaignbox War of the Austrian Succession The Fall of Ghent occurred on 15 July 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession when a 5,000 strong Kingdom of France French force under Ulrich Fr d ric Woldemar, Comte de Lowendal surprised and captured the town of Ghent in the Austrian Netherlands . The Allied garrison, made up mainly of Dutch Republic Dutch troops, offered little resistance. ref Browning p.219 ref Coming in the wake of the Battle of Fontenoy , the loss of Ghent proved a shock to the Allies. The town had been used as a major base for the Pragmatic Army since it had assembled in 1742. It was extremely important as a supply base as its stores had been reserved and not used. A British regiment, including James Wolfe , had left shortly before the fall of the town and narrowly avoided becoming prisoners of war . ref Brumwell p.36 37 ref A column of 4,000 to 5,000 British, Hanoverian, Dutch and Austrian reinforcements sent by the Prince William, Duke of Cumberland Duke of Cumberland was defeated by the French at the Battle of Melle with only some 1,000 men getting through to Ghent. The city was fully invested and the town was seized ... Category Battles involving France Category Battles involving Great Britain Ghent Category Battles involving Hanover Ghent Category Battles of the War of the Austrian Succession Ghent Category Conflicts ... more details
Infobox NFLactive name Ronnie Ghent image width caption currentteam Hartford Colonials currentnumber 86 currentposition Tight end birthdate birth date and age 1980 1 5 birthplace Lakeland, Florida deathdate deathplace heightft 6 heightin 2 weight 253 college Louisville Cardinals football Louisville undraftedyear 2004 debutyear 2007 debutteam New Orleans Saints finalyear finalteam pastteams nowiki nowiki Philadelphia Eagles NFL Year 2004 Cincinnati Bengals NFL Year 2004 NFL Year 2006 New Orleans Saints NFL Year 2007 NFL Year 2008 Hartford Colonials UFL Year 2009 present small Offseason and or practice squad member only small status Active highlights nowiki nowiki 4× First team All Conference USA 2000 2003 uflstatseason 2009 uflstatlabel1 Receptions uflstatvalue1 14 uflstatlabel2 Receiving yards uflstatvalue2 113 uflstatlabel3 Receiving TDs uflstatvalue3 0 ufl 170 nfl GHE512191 Ronnie Jerome Ghent born January 5, 1980 in Lakeland, Florida is an American football tight end for the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League 2009 United Football League . He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football at Louisville Cardinals football Louisville . Ghent has also been a member of the Cincinnati Bengals and New Orleans Saints . Early years Ghent attended Lakeland High School in Lakeland, Florida and was a letterman in football, basketball, and track. In football, he was a three year letterman and as a senior, he was named as a first team All Polk County selection by the Tampa Tribune. Ghent graduated in 1999. External links Twitter MrGhent Ronnie Ghent http www.ronnieghent.com Official website http www.uoflsports.com sports m footbl mtt ghent ronnie00.html Louisville Cardinals bio http www.ufl football.com players ... Persondata . NAME Ghent, Ronnie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1980 PLACE OF BIRTH Lakeland, Florida DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ghent, Ronnie Category ... more details
Infobox mountain name Ghent Kangri Mount Ghent photo photo caption elevation m 7,401 elevation ref prominence m 1,493 prominence ref location Siachen area of Kashmir , disputed between India and Pakistan ref name bbc India is in de facto control of this region of Kashmir the Indian claim is disputed by Pakistan . See e.g. http news.bbc.co.uk 2 shared spl hi south asia 03 kashmir future html default.stm The Future of Kashmir on the BBC website. ref range Saltoro Mountains , Karakoram coordinates coord 35 31 03 N 76 48 01 E type mountain first ascent 1961 by Wolfgang Axt Austria n easiest route West Ridge glacier snow climb Ghent Kangri or Mount Ghent , Ghaint I is a high peak at the north end of the Saltoro Mountains , a subrange of the Karakoram mountain range range . It is located west of the Siachen Glacier in an area under Indian control since 1984. Ghent Kangri was first climbed on 4 June 1961, by Wolfgang Axt, a member of an Austria n expedition led by Erich Waschak, via the West Ridge. He climbed solo above the high camp. According to the http www.alpine club.org.uk hi Himalayan Index , there have been three subsequent ascents of the peak, in 1977, 1980, and 1984. See also List of highest mountains Notes reflist References Jill Neate, High Asia an illustrated history of the 7,000 metre peaks , The Mountaineers, 1989. Jerzy Wala, Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram , Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, 1990. Category Mountains of India JammuKashmir geo stub pl Ghent Kangri ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox arrondissement name Arrondissement of Ghent native name Lang nl Arrondissement Gent br Lang fr Arrondissement de Gand type Arrondissements of Belgium Arrondissement image skyline image alt image caption image map ArrGentLocatie.png map alt map caption Location of the arrondissement in East Flanders latd 51.05 longd 3.7 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 OV parts type Municipality Municipalities parts style para p1 21 established title established date unit pref Metric or US or UK area footnotes area total km2 943.62 elevation footnotes elevation m population footnotes population total 508,996 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 Ghent Lang nl Arrondissement Gent Lang fr Arrondissement de Gand is the largest ... of Ghent also comprises the municipalities of the Arrondissement of Eeklo . History The Arrondissement of Ghent was created in 1800 as the first arrondissement in the 130 departments of the First ... comprised the cantons of Deinze , Eeklo , Evergem , Ghent , Kruishoutem , Lochristi , Nazareth ..., it was added to the Arrondissement of Ghent. Municipalities The Administrative Arrondissement of Ghent ... De Pinte Destelbergen Evergem Gavere Ghent Col break Knesselare Lochristi Lovendegem Melle, Belgium ... arrondissements of Belgium DEFAULTSORT Ghent Category East Flanders Category Arrondissements of Flanders ... Huy n Ghent ... more details
Henry of Ghent c. 1217 1293 , Scholasticism scholastic philosopher , known as List of Latin nicknames of the Middle Ages Doctor Solemnis the Solemn Doctor , also known as Henricus de Gandavo and Henricus Gandavensis , was born in the district of Mude, near Ghent , and died at Tournai or Paris . Between the death of Thomas Aquinas in 1274 and the arrival of Duns Scotus in the early 14th century he was the leading Augustine of Hippo Augustinian . Life Henry is supposed to have belonged to an Italian family named Bonicolli, in Dutch Goethals , but the question of his name has been much discussed see authorities below . He studied at Ghent and then at Cologne under Albertus Magnus . After obtaining the degree of doctor he returned to Ghent, and is said to have been the first to lecture there publicly on philosophy and theology . Attracted to Paris by the fame of the university , he took part in the many disputes between the orders and the secular priests, on the side of the latter. Following the publication of the papal bull Ad fructus uberes by Pope Martin IV in 1281, Henry supported the secular clergy against the Mendicant Order s over the question of the reiteration of confession the obligation ..., 1520 Ferrara, 1646 Mistakenly attributed to Henry of Ghent the abbey of Affligem Affligem Catalogus ... 2003. Henry of Ghent s Summa of Ordinary Questions. Article One On the possibility of knowing ..., 2008. ISBN 1 58731 359 6. Henry of Ghent s Summa The Questions on God s Existence and Essence Articles ... 978 90 429 1590 9. Henry of Ghent s Summa The Questions on God s Unity and Simplicity Articles 25 ... plato.stanford.edu entries henry ghent Henry of Ghent entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy http www.newadvent.org cathen 07235b.htm Henry of Ghent , Catholic Encyclopedia article BBKL h heinrich ... Philosophy DEFAULTSORT Henry of Ghent Category 1217 births Category 1293 deaths Category Flemish theologians Category Christian theologians Category Flemish philosophers Category People from Ghent Category ... more details
Image BelfortGent.jpg thumb 200px Belfry of Ghent Image Belfort van Gent.jpg thumb 200px Belfry of Ghent Image Mammelokker01.jpg thumb right 200px Statue depicting Mammelokker legend The 91 meter high belfry of Ghent is one of three medieval towers that overlook the old city center of Ghent , Belgium , the other two belonging to Saint Bavo Cathedral and Saint Nicholas Church, Ghent Saint Nicholas Church . Through the centuries, it has served not only as a bell tower to announce the time and various warnings, but also as a fortified watchtower ref name world & people cite book last Dunton first Larkin authorlink title The World and Its People publisher Silver, Burdett series year 1896 page 162 ref and town treasury. Construction of the tower began in 1313 to the design of master mason Jan van Haelst, whose plans are still preserved in a museum. After continuing intermittently through wars, plagues and political turmoil, the work reached completion in 1380. It was near the end of this period that the gilded dragon, brought from Bruges , ref name world & people assumed its place atop the tower. The uppermost parts of the building have been rebuilt several times, in part to accommodate the growing number of bells. The primary bell in the tower, Roland, was the one used by citizens to warn of an enemy approaching or a battle won. ref name world & people Roland has become almost a person to the people of Belgium. He is a patriot, a hero, a leader in all rebellion against unrighteous authority. ref name world & people Upon conquering Belgium, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ordered the removal ... the bell of Ghent responded o er lagoon and dike of sand, br I am Roland I am Roland there is victory in the land blockquote The belfry of Ghent, together with its attached buildings, belongs to the set ... gent english Monument mammel.htm Mammelokker , from the City of Ghent website coord 51.0536 N 3.7248 E type landmark display title Category Towers in Belgium Category Bell towers Category Ghent ... more details
American football club name Ghent Gators logo logosize established 19?? location Ghent stadium RUSS Ghent Viso Mariakerke coach Roald Piqueur manager Roald Piqueur league Belgian Football League division Flemish Football League league champs div champs h pattern h af h pattern la h pattern b af whitenumbers h pattern ra h pattern p h pattern s af h helmet 000000 h leftarm h body 000000 h rightarm h pants 000000 h socks 000000 h title Home a pattern h af a pattern la a pattern b af blacknumbers a pattern ra a pattern p a pattern s af a helmet 000000 a leftarm 000000 a body a rightarm 000000 a pants 181818 a socks 181818 a title Away The Ghent Gators are a Belgian American football team based in Ghent . The Gators are currently members of the Flemish Football League FFL conference in the Belgian Football League BFL . History 2008 Regular Season 2008 FFL standings 2009 Regular Season 2009 FFL standings 2010 Regular Season 2010 FFL standings Coaches Head coach Roald Piqueur Offensive Coordinator Ike Baggett Defensive Coordinator Hannes Roman Achievements Belgian Bowl Statistics Overview achievements BFL Teams References reflist External links http www.ghentgators.be website Gators Navigation BFL Category American football in Belgium Belgium sport stub Americanfootball stub ... more details
Orphan date November 2010 Ghent Ridge coor dm 77 34 S 163 7 E is a ridge that parallels the south flank of Commonwealth Glacier , 0.5 nautical miles 0.9 km north of Mount Falconer , lower Taylor Valley , Victoria Land . The Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition VUWAE , 1965 66, called this feature Smith Ridge , presumably after I. Smith , a member of the VUWAE field party, but that toponym is already in use for other features. It is therefore recommended that it not be approved and that this ridge be named after Edward D. Ghent , leader of the 1965 66 VUWAE, later with the Department of Geology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. usgs gazetteer Category Geography of Antarctica EAntarctica geo stub ... more details
File Signing of Treaty of Ghent 1812 .jpg thumb 350px Signing of the Treaty of Ghent. File Verdragvangent 29 01 2009 11 02 06.JPG thumb right 250px Plaquette at the building in the Veldstraat, Ghent where the treaty was negotiated The Treaty of Ghent USStat 8 218 , signed on 24 December 1814, in Ghent modern day Belgium , then in limbo between the First French Empire and United Kingdom of the Netherlands , was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . The treaty largely restored relations between the two nations to status quo ante bellum . Because of the era s slow communications, it took weeks for news of the peace treaty to reach the United States, and the Battle of New Orleans was fought after it was signed. The agreement On 24 December 1814, the members of the British and American negotiating teams signed and affixed their individual seals to the document, which once ratified by their respective governments, ended the war of 1812. ref http www.galafilm.com 1812 e background amer peace.html The War of 1812 Treaty of Ghent ref The treaty released all prisoners and restored all war lands and boats, resulting in several changes. Returned to the United States were approximately Convert 10000000 acre km2 of territory, near Lakes Lake Superior Superior and Lake Michigan Michigan , in Maine , and on the Pacific Ocean Pacific coast. ref cite book author W.G. Dean et al. year 1998 ... avalon.law.yale.edu 19th century ghent.asp Avalon Project British American Diplomacy Treaty of Ghent ... wikisource Full text of the Treaty of Ghent http war1812.tripod.com treaty.html online . http avalon.law.yale.edu ... bib ourdocs Ghent.html Treaty of Ghent and related resources at the Library of Congress http www.loc.gov rr program bib 1812 Library of Congress Guide to the War of 1812 DEFAULTSORT Treaty Of Ghent ... Gante fr Trait de Gand ga Conradh Ghent it Trattato di Gand nl Vrede van Gent ja pl Traktat gandawski ... more details
Ghent is a former settlement in Modoc County, California Modoc County , California . ref name CGN It was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad convert 2 mi km northwest of Canby, California Canby . ref name CGN California s Geographic Names 362 ref References reflist Modoc County, California coord missing Modoc County, California Category Former settlements in Modoc County, California Category Former populated places in California ModocCountyCA geo stub ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Ghent, Minnesota settlement type City nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps image map Lyon County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Ghent Highlighted.svg mapsize 250px map caption Location of Ghent, Minnesota image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location coordinates region US MN subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 Minnesota subdivision type2 List of counties in Minnesota County subdivision name2 Lyon County, Minnesota Lyon Government government footnotes government type Mayor &ndash Council leader title Mayor leader name Ronald Sussner established title established date Area unit pref Imperial area footnotes area magnitude area total km2 0.7 area land km2 0.7 area water km2 0.0 area total sq mi 0.3 area land sq mi 0.3 area water sq mi 0.0 Population population as of United States Census, 2000 2000 population footnotes population total 315 population density km2 452.9 population density sq mi 1173.0 General information timezone North American Central Time Zone Central CST utc offset 6 timezone DST CDT utc offset DST 5 elevation footnotes elevation m 357 elevation ft 1171 latd 44 latm 30 lats 49 latNS N longd 95 longm 53 longs 29 longEW W Area postal codes & others postal code type ZIP code postal code 56239 area code Area code 507 507 blank name Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS code blank info 27 23660 GR 2 blank1 name Geographic Names Information System GNIS feature ID blank1 info 0644113 GR 3 website footnotes Ghent is a city in Lyon County, Minnesota Lyon County , Minnesota , United States . The population was 315 at the 2000 census. It was named after ... ca Ghent Minnesota io Ghent, Minnesota ht Ghent, Minnesota nl Ghent Minnesota pt Ghent Minnesota ru , vo Ghent Minnesota ... more details
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