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The name of Sint-Truidenis derives from the name of St. Trudo, a Frankish aristocrat who lived in the area during the 7th century when he built a church and a monastery near today’s city proper. The local community believed that he was able to perform miracles, so after his death an abbey was formed that later turned into a proper settlement.

Said settlement’s growth began in earnest in the 11th century when pilgrimages towards Sint-Trudo’s brought wealth to the abbey. In the middle of the century, abbot Adelardus had his big church built here, remains of which can still be seen today.

Under his reign and the one of the bishop of Metz, Sint-Truiden was surrounded with a wall, a wooden palisade and fortified entrance gates. The settlement had now become a city.

Expansion after the Middle ages

The expansion of the medieval city was driven by the local textile industry and trade with foreign countries. 

In the 13th century it became one of the 23 bonnes villes (main cities) belonging to the Bishopric of Liège. That is when the market hall was built which lead to the social life of the city being organized by the various guilds.

This, however, was followed by a period of stagnation from the fifteenth to the 19th century, caused by the capture of the city by Charles the Bold and the dismantling of city walls.

In the eighteenth-century the monastery buildings and civil houses were embellished. After 1830, the unused monastery buildings became the new housing of congregations that would turn Sint-Truiden into an education- and nursing centre. Despite the goings-on, the market function in this fertile agricultural area remained as important as ever.

The first new streets and neighbourhoods were established at the turn of the 20th century.  From that moment om, city development was accelerated, the municipal borders that dated back from the middle ages were abolished which resulted in a merger of communities.

A medieval city and fourteen historic communities emerged together as Sint-Truiden in the fertile land of Haspengouw.

Source : Fernand Duchateau / visitsinttruiden.be

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Jun 04, 2020 08:08
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Veerle Heeren: As a woman, you have to prove yourself twice as hard in politics

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Feb 28, 2020 13:57
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