While the Church of Our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk) definitely leaves its mark on the appearance of the city, nothing defines Aarschot better than the river that passes through it: the Demer.
Daniel 'Dany' Verlinden (born 15 August 1963 in Aarschot, Flemish Brabant) is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Kenneth Van Goethem (born 13 February 1984 in Aarschot) is a Belgian football player who currently plays for OH Leuven.
With the help of benefactors he did his schooling in Testelt and then the municipal school of Aarschot.
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His only surviving work is the musical-dramatic festival play Armamentarium comicum amoris et honoris (The Comic Armory of Love and Honor), written on the occasion of the wedding of Count Maximilian Willibald of Waldburg-Wolfegg and Clara Isabella Princess of Aarschot and Arenberg, that took place in Lindau on December 6, 1648.
Gerhard married before 13 December 1299 Elisabeth of Brabant-Aarschot (c. 1280 – 1350/55), daughter of Godfrey of Brabant and Jeanne, dame de Vierzon.
Richardis of Jülich (1314–1360) was a daughter of Gerhard V of Jülich and Elisabeth of Brabant-Aarschot.
In 1296, Walram married Marie of Brabant-Aarschot (c. 1278 – 25 February 1332), daughter of Godfrey of Brabant and Jeanne, dame de Vierzon.