Steenkerque

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Steenkerque is a village in present-day Belgium best known as the site of the 1692 Battle of Steinkirk during the Nine Years' War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf village
administrativeStatus section of the municipality of Soignies
battleAlternateName Battle of Steenkerque
Battle of Steinkirk (1692)
battleOutcome French victory
belligerentSidePresent Grand Alliance
Kingdom of France
country Belgium
countrySubdivision Province of Hainaut
Wallonia
surface form: Region of Wallonia
eventDate 1692-08-03
eventLocation Battle of Steinkirk
hasCulturalAssociation commemorations of the Battle of Steinkirk
hasHeritageStatus traditional rural village character
hasMemorial Battle of Steinkirk memorials
hasReligiousBuilding Saint-Martin church
hasStructure stone bridge over the Senne
hasToponymOrigin derived from Germanic elements meaning "stone church"
historicalName Oostduinkerke
surface form: Steenkerke

Steinkirk
historicalRegion Southern Netherlands
historicalSovereign Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg monarchy

Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Spanish Netherlands
knownFor Battle of Steinkirk
languageRegion French-speaking
locatedIn Dender basin
surface form: Dender Valley

Hainaut
surface form: Hainaut Province

Soignies municipality
Wallonia
locatedNear Braine-le-Comte
Enghien
Senne River
locatedOnRoute local roads between Enghien and Soignies
nearbyUrbanCenter Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
notableCommanderPresent François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg
Louis XIV of France
Prince of Waldeck
Stadtholder William III of Orange
surface form: William III of Orange
partOf Belgium
surface form: Kingdom of Belgium

Soignies administrative district
postalCountry Belgium
regionType rural area
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
warContext Nine Years' War

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Battle of Steenkerque location Steenkerque