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unusual facts about Heusden-Zolder


Heusden-Zolder

De Veen, an athletics stadium that yearly hosts the KBC Night of Athletics, the second most important athletics meeting in Belgium after the world famous Memorial Van Damme in Brussels.


2010 FIA GT3 European Championship season

The championship-winning margin for Hohenadel and Keilwitz was 46 points over the Prospeed Competition Porsche of Paul van Splunteren and Marco Holzer, who took two wins over the course of the season at Portimão and Zolder.

Circuit Zolder

Zolder has also been used for cycling events including the UCI Road World Championships twice in; 1969 and 2002 and the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 1970 and 2002.

Gert Doumen

Gert Doumen (born 24 June 1971 in Bree) is a retired Belgian football goalkeeper who played several seasons at the highest level of professional football with Genk, RWDM, Mouscron and Heusden-Zolder.

Grand Prix Erik De Vlaeminck

The Grand Prix Eric De Vlaeminck is a cyclo-cross race on and around the circuit Terlaemen in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.

Heusden

The bridge across the river Meuse makes Heusden, then still occupied by the Germans, a strategic object.

The settlement of Heusden, bordering on the river Meuse (Maas), as we know it today dates back to the 13th century, and started with the construction of a fortification to replace the castle that was destroyed by the Duke of Brabant in 1202.

Heusden, Belgium

Because of the marriage of Beatrix of Heusden with Zeger III (viscount of Ghent) in 1212, the seat of the viscountship of Ghent moved to Heusden.

Jean-Karl Vernay

A second place was his best result, with another finish of 3rd in the non-championship Ultimate Masters of Formula 3 at Zolder behind Nico Hülkenberg and team-mate Yann Clairay.

Julian Dean

His main achievements include winning the 2007 and 2008 New Zealand National Road Race Championships, finishing 9th in the 2005 World Road Championships in Madrid, and 10th place in the 2002 World Road Championships in Zolder.

Kadir Bekmezci

He also played for several other Belgian clubs, including K. Beringen-Heusden-Zolder, K.A.S. Eupen, and K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel.

Marquess of Heusden

For his service as ambassador to The Hague, he was raised into the Dutch nobility with the creation of the hereditary title Markies van Heusden (Marquess of Heusden) by King William I of the Netherlands (royal decree 8 July 1815 no. 14).

MS Wisteria

The Vronskiy was built in 1978 as the Prinses Beatrix by Verolme Shipyard, in Heusden, The Netherlands and worked for Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland on their joint Sealink route between Hoek van Holland and Harwich, Parkeston Quay.

Shaun Bownes

His personal best time is 13.26 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Heusden.


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