Gænt
Þes tramet is ymbe þā Belgiscan burg. For ōðrum stōƿum hātaþ Gænt sēo Gænt (scīrung).
|Þis ȝeƿrit hæfþ ƿordcƿide on Nīƿum Englisce.|
|Gænt|
|Mǣgþ:||Ēast Flandra|
|Læppa:||Gænt|
|Mearc:||156.18 km²|
|Lēodrǣden:||233.925 (01/07/2006)|
|Lēodrǣdenne þiccnes:||1468.45 /km²|
Gænt (Gent on Niðerlendisce, Gand on Frencisce, nū Ghent and ȝēo Gaunt in Nīƿum Englisce) is burgscīpe in Flandrum, þe is sum þāra þrēora dǣla Belgalandes, and in þǣre Flandriscan mǣȝðe Ēastflandrum and hit is hire hēafodburg. Gæntes middan is æt þǣm ȝemȳðum þāra ēana Scheldt and Leie. Hit liȝþ æt tƿiƿeȝe þāra Europiscra weȝa E17 and E40.
In þǣm burgscipe sind Gænt ċeaster and þā ċeastra Afsnee, Desteldonk, Drongen, Gentbrugge, Ledeberg, Mariakerke, Mendonk, Oostakker, Sint-Amandsberg, Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Sint-Kruis-Winkel, Wondelgem, and Zwijnaarde. On 1 dæȝe Æfterran Ȝēolan 2005, 230,951 ƿunode in Gænte. And þǣrinne sind 156.18 km² landes, þe ȝetācnaþ lēodrǣdenne þiccnes 1468.5 ƿunienda be km². Be lēodrǣdenne is þis Belgies ōðer-mǣsta burgscīpe, and is Belgies fēorðmǣste bestryðung.


Innungbred
Stǣr[ādihtan]
Se scēat Gænt ƿæs ȝebūn in Celtiscum tīdum. Se nama "Gænt" cymþ of þǣm Celtiscan ƿorde 'ganda', þe mǣnþ mētung t.b. tƿēȝra ēana (Scheldt and Lys). Ne sind ȝeƿritene ȝemyndas þǣre Rōmāniscan tīde, ac fyrnȝemyndleornunge ȝeondsmēagung āsēðeþ þæt se eard Gæntes ƿæs forþ ȝebūen.
Hƿonne þā Francas onƿōdon þā Rōmāniscan landrīcu (of þǣm ende þæs 4an ȝēarhundredes and ƿel oþ þǣm 5an ȝēarhundrede) and brōhton hīe hira sprǣce mid him and Gænt ƿearþ folde, hƿǣr Celtisc and Lǣden ƿurdon ȝehƿorfen fram (ealdorliċum) Niðerlendisce.
Oþ þǣm 7oðan ȝēarhundrede, in Gænte ƿǣron tƿā (important) mynster: Sint-Pieters (625-650) and Sint-Baafs (650). Gænt ƿeaxode of mæniȝfealdum frumum and þǣm mynstrum and ċēapungstede. Ymb ȝēar 800, Gænt ƿæs (important), for þǣm þe Louis the Pious, sunu Charlemaȝnes lagode þæt Einhard sie abbod bēȝra mynstra. Einhard ƿrāt līfƿrītunge Charlemaȝnes cynunges Francrīċes.
Þā ēa flēoƿon in foldan hƿǣr fela landes ƿæs hƿīlum oferflēded mid gōde gærse, and scylc land ion Flandrisce hātte meersen, þe seȝþ "hammas", and þæt ƿord meers is cynn þæs ƿordes "mærsc", ac þēos meersen ne sind ā under ƿætre. Þis land ƿæs sƿīðe gōd for scēapum þe macodon ƿull for clāðum. Sōþlīċe ƿæs Gænt in Middelre Ielde sēo hefiȝoste burg for clāðe.
Oþ þǣm 13oðan ȝēarhundrede Gænt ƿæs sēo mǣste ċeaster būton Parise and ċeastrum in Italiam. Binnan his ƿeallum ƿunode 60,000 oþþe 65,000. Hit ƿæs grēatora þonne Lunden and Köln and Moscoƿ. In his middan sind ȝīet mæniȝfealde grēate torras: se belletorr and þā ōðre torras þæs mynstres and Sint-Niklaas cyriċean are just a few examples of what could be called the 'Manhattan of the Middle Ages'.
Gænt ƿæs burg, hƿǣr sēo wullbīsgung, frumlīċe ȝestaðelod æt Bricge, scōp þone ǣrestan Europiscan bīsgungeodor in þǣre Hēan Middelielde; the mercantile zone was so highly-developed that wool had to be imported from England. Þis ƿæs ān þāra raca for Flanderes gōdum sibbe mid Englalande.
Glīƿsīðung[ādihtan]
Much of the city's medieval architecture remains intact and is remarkably well preserved. Its center is the largest carfree area in Belgium. Interesting highlights are the Saint Bavo Cathedral with the Ghent Altarpiece, the belfry, the gravensteen, and the Graslei. The city is host to some big cultural events such as the Gentse Feesten, I Love Techno, Flanders International Film Festival Ghent and Festival van Vlaanderen. Night bus services (weekends only) are free of charge.
In Gænte ƿearþ ācenned Charles V and he ƿearþ Hāliȝ Rōmisc Cāsere and Cyning Hispaniae. and þǣr ēac ƿearþ ācenned John of Gaunt, Dux Lonceastres. Þǣr man underseȝlode se Treaty of Ghent and hit in ǣƿe endode þā Gūðe Ȝēares 1812 betƿēox Brytene and þǣm USA.
Sēo ēac[ādihtan]
Ūtanƿearde bendas[ādihtan]
- Ambihtlicu webbstōw - Ȝefrǣge ȝearu ymbe Niðerlendisc, Nīƿe Englisc, Frencisc and Þēodisce
- http://www.use-it.be/gent/eng/ Gænt ȝeongum