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Revision as of 02:04, 14 March 2020
Leffinge, sometimes Leffingen in English, is a historic village in Belgium, now part of the municipality of Middelkerke, province of West Flanders.
History
In 1137 the castellan of Saint-Omer confirmed the gift of the church in Leffinge to the Knights Templar. The medieval church was damaged in 1488, repaired around 1500, and demolished in 1857. The current neo-Gothic church was built 1877-1879 and restored in 1983.[1]
A preliminary action of the Battle of Nieuwpoort (1600) was fought in Leffinge, in which Scottish mercenaries in Dutch service particularly distinguished themselves.[2]
References
- ^ "Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk", in Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed. Accessed 2 February 2016.
- ^ H.W. Lumsden, "The Scots at Leffingen, 1600", Scottish Historical Review 7 (1905), pp. 268-274.
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