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12-454: Zellik is an urbanised town with over 8,000 inhabitants in the municipality of Asse , in the province of Flemish Brabant , Belgium . As a suburb on the northwest edge of Brussels , it is separated from the rest of the agglomeration by the R0 ring road around the city. It is close to the municipalities of Jette , Ganshoren and Sint-Agatha-Berchem , which lie to the east. The official language

24-403: A regionally important centre and a relatively important military-strategic one. Asse has often been the subject of military campaigns and has been recorded as having been burnt down several times. The St Martins church gained some local fame as a centre of pilgrimage connected to the miraculous blossoming of a tree in which a Host had been hidden and the equally miraculous appearance of a cross –

36-893: A second time to a lady in waiting of Mary of Hungary , Catherine de Brandenbourg, Lady of Steenockerzeel . He was buried in the family mausoleum of the church of Asse with his second wife. His monument bore the inscription: Generosus eques Joannes Cotereau, Baro Jauceanus, Dominus de Asscha et in Asscha, de Wydeu, de Releghem, et curiae foedorum Brabantiae locum tenens aequi amantissimus, divini cultus et reipublicae studiosissimus, relicta nobili Catharina de Brandenbourgh uxore altera amantissima cum tribus filiis et una filia, annos natus sexaginta et septem, defunctus est anno Domini 1561 mensis Septembris 17, Requiescat in pace. Restauratum per Dnam Catharinam Cotereau Marchionissam de et in Asscha viduam Dni Francisci Philippi Taye Marchionis de Wemmei anno Domini 1766 Children : Their descendants belong to

48-511: Is Dutch (as everywhere in Flanders ). Zellik is home to a minority of French -speakers. 50°53′02″N 4°15′46″E  /  50.8839051°N 4.2627233°E  / 50.8839051; 4.2627233 This Flemish Brabant location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Asse Asse (formerly spelt "Assche") was probably inhabited by the Celtic tribe of

60-632: Is presumed that the Germanic language , which evolved into present-day Dutch , was introduced during the Frankish invasions in the late fourth and fifth centuries. Place-name study would at least suggest that but there are no extant written sources. During the Carolingian period Asse was part of the region (gouw) of Brabant . During the period of the Viking invasions it would seem that there

72-442: Is sure is that Asse grew to be a substantial settlement or vicus at an, at least locally, important road junction. Though no Roman buildings are extant there have been frequent archaeological finds including in 2007 a pottery and in 2008 a section of a (perhaps intra-urban) Roman road. It is possible that there was local cult of Epona as a large number of clay horse figurines , presumably votive offerings, have been found. It

84-520: The Nervii . The name itself probably comes from a pre-Celtic word meaning "water" (cf Esch-, Es- and Axe- prefixes elsewhere in Europe). It was probably inhabited from an early date; stone tools have been found in various locations. The fertility of the soil and the relief which rises above the wetter plains of present-day Flanders would also suggest that his would have been an early area of settlement. From

96-577: The Miracles of the Holy Cross. During this period much of the power was inherited by the descendants of John II of Cottereau, Lord of Assche , he placed some important coloured windows in the church and was buried there. His descendants today still are family of the current Marquess of Assche . In continuation of its role as seat of an important judicial court under the Ancien Régime , Asse

108-609: The middle of the first century, a Roman military road connected it to the capital of the Roman province of Nervii in Bavay (Bagacum Nerviorum). It continued northwards as far as the naval port at present-day Rumst , with various side roads to the East and West. It is possible that there was a Roman military camp to the south west of the present town centre in what is now known as "borgstad", though its role has not been clearly proven. What

120-793: Was a relatively important fortified site (see the Vita Berlindis ) in Asse. From 1085 or 1086 Asse was part of the Duchy of Brabant under the Dukes of Leuven . The local vassal of the Duke was known as the "Heer van Asse" (i.e. the Lord of Asse) who was the Duke's hereditary standard bearer. Asse was situated on the cross roads of both north–south as well as east–west trade routes, having a fertile, easily cultivated and well-drained soil. It therefore grew to be

132-470: Was made capital of a canton during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Period. Lacking any mineral resources, and being far from any navigable watercourses and being in close proximity to other larger centres such as Aalst , Dendermonde and Brussels , Asse never developed into an important commercial, political or industrial centre but remained a locally important market town. There

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144-530: Was some brewing and marketing of the local hop production. It is now a commuting town for Brussels with a number of light industrial and commercial activities. John II of Cottereau, Baron of Jauche John of Cottereau (died 17 September 1561), baron of Jauche and lord of Assche , was mayor of the City of Brussels in 1534. He was born as the only son of John I of Cottereau, Baron of Jauche and Margueritte, Lady of Assche . He married in 1556

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