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Baschleiden

Summary

Baschleiden (Luxembourgish: Baschelt) is a village in the commune of Boulaide, in north-western Luxembourg. As of 2024, the village had a population of 504.[1]

It was the birthplace of Charles-Gérard Eyschen (1800–1859), who became Director-General for Justice.,[2] and of Hieronymus Busleyden (1470?-1517), archdean of Cambrais, member of the High Council of Mechlin for the Burgundy lands, and co-founder (with Erasmus) of Leuven's Collegium Trilingue, a.k.a. Collegium Buslidium. His city mansion in Mechlin, Hof van Busleyden, is now a museum. In Leuven, the Busleydengang (Busleyden Alley) leads to what's left of Trilingue.

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ "Registre national des personnes physiques RNPP : Population par localité". data.public.lu. 2024-01-07.
  2. ^ Mersch (1953), p. 78

References edit

  • Mersch, Jules (1953). "Paul Eyschen". In Mersch, Jules (ed.). Biographie nationale du pays de Luxembourg (in French). Luxembourg City: Victor Buck. Retrieved 3 December 2009.

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