Hyacint Caïmo was an officer in the French army from 1812 to 1815 and later until 1825 in the Dutch army. After the independence of Belgium he joined the Belgian army as a captain. When in 1835 Diest’s camp was broken up and transferred to Beverlo, Caïmo was charged with engaging in horse-drawn carriages….
The Châlet d’Asdonck is the name of a country house located on the Immert in Heppen, a part of the Belgian municipality of Leopoldsburg. Another name for this area is the ‘Asdonkerheide’. The building dates from around 1900 and is located at the corner of the Olmenseweg and the Kanaalstraat….
On the place where there is the old presbytery, stood before 1600 the ‘Schans’ (=entrenchment), a water give shelter to wandering robber gangs. A small house, with a drawbridge was located on the site of the entrance gate of the presbytery. The first provost, the Rev. Vanmuysen was assigned this…
In 1846 the first stone of the new church of Heppen, which was devoted to the Saint Blasius, was laid. It just took one year to complete the church, but in 1861 the building already needed to be thoroughly strengthened. Because of the quick population growth, the church became to…
On the spot where the old chapel of Heppen used to be, the Town Hall, also used as classroom, was build between 1854 and 1856. The pump, at the right of the building, is dated 1856. The Town Hall was completely rebuild and beautified and is now serving as extracurricular…
Being born and bred in Heppen, Clement Lemmens entered the ordre of the ‘Scheutisten’ in September 1942. His intention was to become a missionary in China, following the example of father Verbist. But first he had to become a doctor; from 1952-1956 he studied in Leuven and completed his education…
A simple, rectangular stone pillar, on which a cross and the years 1914 – 1918 and 1940 – 1945 were put, in remembrance of the victims of both world wars. The monument is situated in the Oudstrijdersstraat (Veteranstreet) in Heppen.
The memorial tablet in the Engenstraat in Heppen remembers of sergeant Goetz, of the 1st Belgian Grouping (Brigade Piron). During a patrol in the night from 11 to 12 September 1944 this cadet-candidate-officer was hit in the heart by a German sniper. The sniper was on a distance of 500…
The ‘WIJZERPLAAT’ (since 2016 ‘ZEST’, red.) gets a face. Who was the Englishman who got killed at our backdoor during the fights in and around HEPPEN? Major William CAVENDISH was born in London on December 17, 1917 as the oldest son of Edward CAVENDISH, 10th duke of DEVONSHIRE and Lady…
On September 9, 2004 the monument CAVENDISH was revealed. The monument was made by Bart Heylen and exists out of ashlar and marble. It symbolises Major CAVENDISH and two unknown soldiers. With this monument we want to honour all foreign soldiers, who died during the liberation of Leopoldsburg and Heppen….
