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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
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| image1 = Dendermonde town hall and belfry during golden hour (DSCF0501).jpg
| caption1 = Town hall
| image2 = Gerechtsgebouw, Dendermonde (DSCF0521).jpg
| caption2 = Court building
| image3 = Dendermonde Mechelse Poort DSC 0175 bl.jpg
| caption3 = Brussels Gate
| image4 = Sint-Gertrudiskerk, Vlassenbroek (DSCF0527).jpg
| caption4 = Church of Saint Gertrude
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| caption5 = Station building
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| name = Dendermonde
| namefr = Termonde
| map = Dendermonde East-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
| map-legend = Location of Dendermonde in [[East Flanders]]
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'''Dendermonde''' ({{IPA
The city is an administrative, commercial, educational, and medical centre for the surrounding region. The current mayor of Dendermonde is [[Leen Dierick]] ([[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|Christian Democratic and Flemish]]).
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===Origins to the 15th century===
[[Otto II]] built a fort here in the 10th century, encouraging further settlements in the area. The town received its city [[charter]] in 1233 and grew quickly after that, thanks to a thriving cloth industry.
===16th to 20th century===
[[File:Dendermonde, Belgium ; Ferraris Map.jpg|thumb|left|Dendermonde on the [[Ferraris map]] (around 1775)]]
The 16th century saw a decline in Dendermonde's fortunes. In 1572 Dendermonde was conquered by [[William the Silent]]. The same year however Spanish troops under Duke [[Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma|Alexander Farnese]] of [[Duchy of Parma|Parma]], took over the city, looted and mostly destroyed it. A decade later, the Spaniards built their own fortress between the Dender and the Scheldt. In 1667, it was France's turn, under [[Louis XIV]], to advance on the city, but they were turned back when the defenders opened the dikes and flooded the countryside.<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Termonde|volume=26|page=645}}</ref> The allied troops of the [[Netherlands]] and England, under the [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|Duke of Marlborough]], caused the heaviest damage in 1706. The city was then fortified by the Austrians against further French ambitions. After a last siege by [[Louis XV]], the city could finally breathe to the point that the fortifications were dismantled a few decades later.▼
▲The 16th century saw a decline in Dendermonde's fortunes.
The second half of the 18th century was generally prosperous, with the advent of the [[Industrial Revolution]] and a local cotton industry. After 1800, the port facilities were modernized and the first railways were laid down, allowing other industries (oil, shoe, leather…) to move in.▼
▲The second half of the 18th century was generally prosperous, with the advent of the [[Industrial Revolution]] and a local cotton industry.
The onset of [[World War I]] in September 1914 was disastrous for the city as more than half of its housing and the city archives were either bombed or burned down.
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On August 19, 2006, 28 prisoners managed to escape Dendermonde prison.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nine escapees re-arrested after jail breakout |url=https://www.expatica.com/be/general/nine-escapees-re-arrested-after-jail-breakout-80543/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Expatica Belgium |language=en}}</ref> Seven of them were captured within hours. A few were later found in Italy and Russia. They managed to escape because the lock was old and rusty. They simply walked away, tied all their sheets together, climbed over the wall, jumped on a phone booth and ran away.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
On 23 January 2009, a 20-year-old Flemish man named Kim De Gelder [[Dendermonde nursery attack|attacked]] a children's daycare centre in the village of [[Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde]], stabbing three people to death and wounding as many as twenty. One of the school teachers and two babies, aged 8 and 9 months, died in the attack.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/4322233/Five-dead-in-knife-attack-at-Belgian-creche.html|title=Five dead in knife attack at Belgian creche|date=Jan 23, 2009|access-date= May 17, 2010|work=Telegraph.co.uk
▲On 23 January 2009, a 20-year-old Flemish man named Kim De Gelder [[Dendermonde nursery attack|attacked]] a children's daycare centre in the village of [[Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde]], stabbing three people to death and wounding as many as twenty. One of the school teachers and two babies, aged 8 and 9 months, died in the attack.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/4322233/Five-dead-in-knife-attack-at-Belgian-creche.html|title=Five dead in knife attack at Belgian creche|date=Jan 23, 2009|access-date= May 17, 2010|work=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> Italian singer [[Luciano Ligabue]] dedicated a song to the victims: {{Lang|it|Quando mi vieni a prendere? (Dendermonde 23/01/09)}}, in his 2010 album, {{Lang|it|Arrivederci, Mostro!}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ligachannel.com/?q=node/2323|title=Quando mi vieni a prendere? (Dendermonde 23/01/09)|access-date=May 17, 2010|date=April 26, 2010|work=Ligachannel|language=it|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023212917/http://www.ligachannel.com/?q=node/2323|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Main sights==
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File:Begijnhof1.jpg|Dendermonde beguinage
File:BrusselsePoort.JPG|Brussels Gate
File:Dendermonde OLV kerkbaptismal font 01.JPG|[[Tournai font]] in the Onze Lieve-Vrouwekerk
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