Ypern

cloth resounding in Ypern

Ypern (official flämischer name: Ieper; French name: Ypres) is a city in the province west Flanders of the Flämi community in Belgium. Ypern has 36,120 inhabitants (01-03-2005).

1 history
2 objects of interest
3 economics
4 partnerships between cities
5 personalities
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history

Balduin II. the bald one (879 - 918) fastened the Ypern belonging to the county Flanders for the defense against the Normannen.

Ypern belonged in the late Middle Ages with Gent and Brügge to the most important cities of Flanders. 1559 to 1801 were Ypern bishop seat.

The destroyed Ypern, 1919

during the First World War (1914 - 1918) was Ypern strongly contests (first Flanders battle, second Flanders battle, battle of Messines, third Flanders battle). The German troops tried to take several times the city and thereby were struck back (November 1914 and April 1915). To 22. April 1915 came it thereby to the first employment of Chlorgas by the German troops. After the place poisonous gas - in particular mustard gas - in France is called also “yperite”.

The city remained up to the end of the war in hand of the allied ones (among other things Soldier from Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada). After the war the strongly destroyed city was original-faithfully rebuilt. Historical consciousness and memory have place in the historiography and culture of the city. In the environment from Ypern are today numerous soldier cemeteries.

See also: Battle of Langemarck (10. ) , Kylemore Abbey [work on

] objects of interest Menenpoort

market place

Lakenhal (cloth-resound, to garb house)
surround November 1914, one of the largest everyday gothical building complexes of Europe sinking March in cathedral , bishop seat
of the former diocese Ypern by medieval community centres, which from 1561 to 1801 existed
war memorial Menenpoort (intending gate)