Halle-Booienhoven Explained
| Halle-Booienhoven |
| Image Alt: | Exterior of church |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Pushpin Map: | Belgium |
| Pushpin Label: | Halle-Booienhoven |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Belgium |
| Coordinates: | 50.8061°N 5.1131°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belgium |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Flanders |
| Subdivision Type2: | Community |
| Subdivision Name2: | Flemish Community |
| Subdivision Type3: | Province |
| Subdivision Name3: | Flemish Brabant |
| Subdivision Type4: | Arrondissement |
| Subdivision Name4: | Leuven |
| Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name5: | Zoutleeuw |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
| Postal Code: | 3440 |
| Area Code Type: | Area codes |
| Area Code: | 011 |
Halle-Booienhoven is a section of the municipality of Zoutleeuw, in the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium. It was a municipality in its own right before the merger of the municipalities in 1977.
Etymology
- Halle – Old forms: circa 1050 Hala, 1107 Halle, 1139 Hallo. It comes from the Germanic word halha, which means "bend in the highland". A series of hilltops are lined up from Velm to Halle-Bisjeshoven. Between the peaks with a height of 83.75 and 80 meters is an outcrop, after which Halle was named.
- Booienhoven – Old forms: 1235 boedenhoeven, 1350 boedenhouen (read: -hoven), 1357 in bodenhouen (read: -hoven), etc. and with expulsion of d Boijenhouen in 1645. Booihoven, like Goetshoven and Gussenhoven, belongs to a younger layer of settlement names that originated between 600 and 700 AD. The type consists of a person's name in the Romanesque genitive singular + curtem, meaning "court, farm" of the named person. Following this the type was created: personal name in the Germanic genitive singular + hofum, singular of hofa, which means "farm". We can thus reconstruct Booihoven as Germanic *Budon hofum, meaning "Budo's farm".[1]
Notes and References
- [Paul Kempeneers|Dr. P. Kempeneers]
