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Funeral walk "Remarkable Ghent figures" Event

Funeral walk "Remarkable Ghent figures"

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 · 12:00
Begraafplaats Ledeberg, Ledeberg
Free
Guide: Félix Waldack, chairman Familiekunde Gent We walk along graves and tell stories about well-known and lesser-known Ghent families. In the Ledeberg cemetery you will find grave monuments of numerous Ghent policymakers and industrialists: contractors (Bruxelman), architects (De Buck, Doolaege), florists (Dallière, Delaruye, De Smet, Vervaene), mayors (Crommen, De Visch, D'hooge, Eggermont, Heyndrickx, Van Hoorebeke), printer-publishers (De Vreese, Romain-Tack), glass and mirror manufacturers (Oosterlinck), timber merchants (Minnebo), gingerbread bakers (Van der Sypt), shipbuilders (De Roose, Mainil), textile merchants (Ballinckx, Van Gheluwe), carriage builders (Stevens), laundry operators (De Graeve, Van Daele). Meeting at the main entrance of the Ledeberg cemetery. Bushalte Ledeberg Eindeken: lines 33, 40, 41, 42.
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Venue
Begraafplaats Ledeberg
Hundelgemsesteenweg 12, 9050 Ledeberg
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