| Looz ((nl)Borgloon) | |
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| Country | .svg/20px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
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| Regions | Limburg province Limburg Hesbaye |
| Watercourse | Herck, Herkebeek |
| Area | 51,12 km² |
| Population | 10 920 hab. () |
| Density | 213,62 inhab./km² |
| Nice | Lossain |
| Other language | Limburgish |
| Postal code | 3840 |
| Telephone prefix | 32 12 |
| Location | |
 50 ° 48 ′ 4 ″ N 5 ° 20 ′ 2 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
| Touristic site | |
Looz is a municipality and a city of Limburg province in Belgium.
Understand
Tourist information
- Looz Tourist Office (Borgloon Toerism) Markt s / n (in L'city Hall),
32 12 673653, e-mail : [email protected] – 
Toponymy
the medieval latin of the scribes and tabellions kept various spellings of this modest pagus merovingian including Lomensis pagus, Lummensis pagus, Lumacensis pagus, Lamacensis pagus, Loffensis pagus, even in pago Lotmensi to simply become Lomensis, Lummensis, Lucumaconsis or Loensis. In Bas francique, we find Loon Where Loën while we find Loos, Lootz Where The bone in Walloon old. All these terms come from Proto-Germanic Lahun meaning "Wooded hill" and relate to the old county. For the locality itself we find in Bas francique Limbourgeois Borcleon, Borchloen Where Borchloën, in Walloon Borcklain and in old french Bourg Los all meaning "Castle on the wooded hill".
Story
Bibliography
- Camille Théodore Frédéric Marie baron de Borman, The book of fiefdoms of County Looz under Jean d'Arckel (Historical biography), Brussels, F. Hayes, coll. “Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts, Brussels. Royal Commission on History. Publications in octavo »(noto 10), , 332 p.(OCLC970363472)
- Claude Gaier, Military art and organization in the principality of Liège and in the county of Looz in the Middle Ages (military history), Brussels, Royal Academy of Belgium, coll. "Memories of the Class of Letters / 2e » (noto t. 59, fasc. 3.), , 393 p.(OCLC55583354)
To go
Circulate
To see
- 1 Hoepertingen Castle (Kasteel van Hoepertingen Where Kasteel Mariagaarde) Kasteelstraat 10
- 2 Saint-Vaast Church (Sint-Vedastuskerk) Kasteelstraat 8
free. – - 3 Rullingen Castle (Kasteel van Rullingen) Widdigenstraat
- 4 Church of Saint-Denys and Saint-Nicolas (Sint-Dionysius in Sint-Niklaaskerk) Gotemstraat 52 free. –
- 5 Chapel of the old beguinage (Begijnhofkapel Where Graethemkapel) Graethempoort 3bis free. –
free
The north facade of the town hall with its twelve cartridges.
- 6 City Hall (Stadhuis Where Grevenhuis) Markt s / n free. – (ground floor). Built in 1680, as indicated by anchors of the main facade, it replaces an older building dating from XIe century which was the first residence of Earls of Looz, hence its alternative name of Grevenhuis and presents all the elements of the style Mosan Renaissance. On the north facade, we can see twelve cartridges representing, at the top left the shield of the Principality of Liège and on the right that of Holy Roman Empire, below those of the ten Good Cities lossainnes of the old principality, from left to right: Looz, Beringen, Bilzen, Brée, Hamont, Hasselt, Herk-de-Stad, Maaseik, Peer and Stokkem. On the gable, a sculpture of the Virgin and Child placed after the plague epidemic of 1676 which caused the death of 167 Lossains. Inside, besides thevisitor Center, we can see a small museum where the charters of privileges of the city and the guilds in XIIe century as well as a torture table used during witchcraft trials.
- 7 Perron (Perroen) Markt
visible at all times. free. – the steps original of Looz was erected in 1461. The current one is an identical reconstruction inaugurated on . - 8 OLV Der Weeën Chapel (Kapel van Onze-Lieve-Heer van de Kouden Steen en Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Zeven Weeën) Oude Berg 2/3 free. –
- 9 Grote Word Graaf –
- 10 Saint-Odulfe Church (Sint-Odulfuskerk) Speelhoof free. –
- 11 Canonical houses (Kanunnikenhuizen) Speelhoof 9 and 10 free.
- 12 Brigittines cloister (Birgittijnenklooster) Nieuwlaan
- 13 Chaberg Chapel (Kapel Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Smarten)) Tongersesteenweg. visible at all times. free. –
- 14 Colen Abbey (Abdij van Colen Where Abdij Mariënlof) Colenstraat 1 free.
- 15 Opleeuw Castle (Kasteel van Opleeuw) Mettekovenstraat 2-4
- 16 Saint-Martin Church (Sint-Martinuskerk) Hoogstraat free.
- 17 Gors Castle (Kasteel van Gors) Mellenstraat
- 18 St. Peter's Church (Sint-Pieterskerk) Singelstraat free. –
(4 steps to the square). - 19 Chateau Terhove (Kasteel Terhove) Terhove
- 20 Bommershoven Castle (Kasteel van Bommershoven)
- 21 Saint-Servais Church (Sint-Servatiuskerk) Grootloonstraat 100 free. – (1 step at the entrance).
- 22 Transparent church (Doorkijkkerk Where Reading between the lines) accessible at all times. free. –
- 23 Saint-Lambert Church (Sint-Lambertuskerk) Broekomstraat free. – (4 steps to the square).
- 24 Tornaco Castle (Kasteel from Tornaco Where Kasteel van Voort) Romeinse Kassei 5
- 25 Helshoven Chapel (Kapel van Helshoven Where Kapel Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van de Blijde Vrede) Helshovenstraat free. –
- 26 Rijkel Castle (Kasteel van Rijkel) Dionysius van Leeuwenstraat
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To buy
Eat
Have a drink / Go out
Housing
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Manage the day-to-day
Intelligence service
To find the contact details of a person, a professional, a company or an administration such as, for example, a general practitioner, a dental surgeon, a pharmacist, an optician, etc. to Looz, refer to the section "Intelligence services »Of the article on Belgium.
Administration
- Municipal administration Speelhoof 10 (in the canonical house no 10), 32 12 673673, e-mail : [email protected] Mon. : 9 h - 12 h, Tue. : 14 h - 19 h, sea.- Game. : 9 h - 12 h and14 h - 19 h, Fri. : 9 h - 12 h. –
Banks
Health
Cults
Security
Around
- 1 Sint-Truiden (West) – Whose belfry is classified Unesco World Heritage.
- 2 Hasselt (North) – The capital of Limbourg province.
- 3 Alden Biesen Commandery (to North-east) – Former monastery-castle of the Teutonic order.
- 4 Tongeren (to the East) – considered, with Tournai, like the oldest city of the kingdom, it still has, in large part, its Gallo-Roman walls.
- 5 Maastricht (to the East) – One of the oldest towns in Netherlands which contains many architectural gems.
- 6 Cork (At the South-East) – The capital of eponymous province and, although over a thousand years old, still bustling with activity and a tourist center of certain interest that deserves more than a simple visit.
Distance and time table from Monschau
(center to center)
| Destination | Distance | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| by the road | great circle | by car (about) | ||
| Brussels | E40NOT29NOT3NOT7976 km | 69,6 km | 1 h | |
| Cork | NOT20 NOT7927 km | 23,7 km | 30 min | |
Maastricht |  NOT7928 km | 24,8 km | 30 min | |
| Sint-Truiden | NOT7912 km | 11,3 km | 15 min | |
| Tongeren | NOT7910 km | 8,7 km | 10 min | |
| Routes via Looz |
| Sint-Truiden (NOT80) ← Tongeren ← | O  E | → Dutch border ( ) |
| Hamont-Achel (NOT71) ← Kortessem ← | NOT  S | → End (NOT79) |
Wissant ← Sint-Truiden ← | O  E | → Tongeren → Aachen |
