Hoboken, Antwerp
Hoboken | |
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Coordinates: 51°10′00″N 4°22′00″E / 51.16667°N 4.36667°E | |
Country | Belgium |
Community | Flemish Community |
Region | Flemish Region |
Province | Antwerp |
Arrondissement | Antwerp |
Municipality | Antwerp |
Area | |
• Total | 10.51 km2 (4.06 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2021-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 41,220 |
• Density | 3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi) |
Postal codes | 2660 |
Area codes | 03 |
Website | [1] |
Hoboken (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦo.bo.kə(n)]) is a southern district of the arrondissement and city of Antwerp, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located at the Scheldt river. The name of the district has its origins in Middle Dutch.
Name
The name Hoboken is derived from Medieval Dutch Hooghe Buechen or Hoge Beuken, meaning High or Tall Beeches. To this day there is a hospital in Hoboken named "Hoge Beuken".[2][3]
A local children's story says that the name "Hoboken" is derived from a little boy who accidentally dropped his sandwich in the Schelde river, which flows near Hoboken. In the local dialect of Dutch, a "boke" is a sandwich and "ho" is a way of shouting "stop", so he must have shouted "Ho, boken!!!".[4][5]
History
The first historical records of Hoboken date from the 1135 parish of capellam de hobuechen qua libam. At that time Hoboken was part of Wilrijk, in the Duchy of Brabant. It has since then evolved from a small village to an industrialized district of Antwerp.[7]
From the 13th to the 15th century the fiefdom of Hoboken was the property of the Lords of the lands of Rumst: Perwijs, Counts of Vianden, Count of Flanders, House of Luxembourg and House of Orange-Nassau. In 1559 William of Orange sold the lands of Rumst and Hoboken to Melchior Schetz (the new Lord of Hoboken).[8]
In 1579 the city of Antwerp joined the
Many of the early American settlers were refugees from Antwerp and the
In 1617 the descendants of Lord Schetz (of Hoboken) were called baron and were from then on to be known as the House of Ursel, in 1683 they carried the title of count and in 1717 duke d' Ursel.
A turning point in the history of Hoboken was the construction of the Cockerill shipyard in 1873.
During
On 1 January 1983, Hoboken became a district of the city of Antwerp.
Culture
Geography
The main neighbourhoods in Hoboken are:
East of railway line 52
- Hoboken-centre
- Hertog van Brabantwijk
- Vogeltjeswijk
- Zwaantjes
West of railway line 52
- Moretusburg
- Hertogvelden
- Polderstad
Demographics
19th century
Year | 1806 | 1816 | 1830 | 1846 | 1856 | 1866 | 1876 | 1880 | 1890 |
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Population | 1550 | 2065 | 2298 | 2633 | 2631 | 2680 | 3410 | 4147 | 6987 |
Notes:census taken on 31/12 |
20th century
Year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1947 | 1961 | 1970 | 1980 | 1982 | |
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Population | 10.202 | 16.882 | 21.006 | 32.700 | 31.725 | 30.557 | 33.693 | 34.640 | 34.562 | |
Notes:census taken on 31/12 until 1970 + 1 January 1980 + 31 December 1982 |
21st century
Year | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population | 34.542 | 34.862 | 35.170 | 35.550 | 36.244 | 37.283 | 37.464 | 37.945 | ||
Notes:census data from 'Antwerpen Buurtmonitor' |
References
- ^ a b "Bevolking per statistische sector – Sector 11002V". Statistics Belgium. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Onze ziekenhuizen" (in Dutch). Zna.be. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Hoboken-Onze-Lieve-Vrouw geboortekerk" (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Cultuurprijs Hoboken" (in Dutch). 16 December 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Info of Hoboken". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Mijnheer Doktoor. Erfgoeddag over "zorg" in Hoboken". Mijnheer Doktoor. Erfgoeddag over "zorg" in Hoboken. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, Ultimate Reference Suite (2009): Low Countries, history of, Encyclopædia Britannica, Chicago.
- ^ Steyaert Rita (1992): https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/120657
- ISBN 978-0-09-131051-6Google books
- ISBN 978-90-5875-140-9
- ^ Henry C. Bayer (1925). The Belgians, first settlers in New York and in the middle states : with a review of the events which led to their immigration. New York : Devin-Adair.
- ^ Guido J. Deboeck (2007). Flemish DNA & Ancestry: History of Three Families Over Five Centuries. p. 188.
- ^ Franklin J. Jameson (1887). Willem Usselinx, Founder of the Dutch and Swedish West India Companies. Johns Hopkins University, New York.
- ^ Edmonds, J. E. (1925). Military Operations France and Belgium, 1914: Antwerp, La Bassée, Armentières, Messines and Ypres October–November 1914. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. II (1st ed.). London: Macmillan. OCLC 220044986.
- ^ South of Antwerp, on the other side of the water, depicted as 'Hoboker Schans', translated as 'Sconce (fortification) of Hoboken',note that the map is upside down (top of map is the South)