What happened to the country of Flanders?

Flanders remained with the other southern provinces of the Netherlands under Spanish rule in the 17th century and then (from 1714) under Austrian rule until it disappeared as a political entity during the French Revolutionary Wars.

What is Flanders called today?

Today, “Flanders” is a term referring to the Flemish Region, which is defined as the Dutch-speaking part of the Kingdom of Belgium. It contains within it the core of the old county, West Flanders and East Flanders, plus three more culturally-related provinces to the east which were not originally part of Flanders.

What is Flanders famous for?

During the late Middle Ages Flanders’ trading towns (notably Ghent, Bruges and Ypres) made it one of the richest and most urbanized parts of Europe, weaving the wool of neighbouring lands into cloth for both domestic use and export.

What is the meaning of the word Flanders in Belgium?

In Belgium. The term “Flanders” has several main modern meanings: The “Flemish community” or “Flemish nation”, i.e. the social, cultural and linguistic, scientific and educational, economical and political community of the Flemings. It comprises 6.5 million Belgians (60%) who consider Dutch to be their mother tongue.

Is the county of Flanders part of the Dutch Republic?

The historically Flemish region which became part of the Dutch Republic, now part of the Dutch province of Zeeland. The significance of the County of Flanders and its counts eroded through time, but the designation survived with a broader cultural meaning which could be applied also to neighbouring areas.

Where was Flanders located in the Industrial Revolution?

Belgium was one of the centres of the 19th-century industrial revolution but Flanders was at first overtaken by French-speaking Wallonia.

When was the Reichsgau Flandern established in Germany?

The Reichsgau Flanders (German: Reichsgau Flandern; Dutch: Rijksgouw Vlaanderen) was a short-lived Reichsgau of Nazi Germany established in 1944. It encompassed the present-day Flemish Region in its old provincial borders (in other words, including Comines-Warneton but excluding Voeren ),…