Maaseik is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg. Both in size and in population, it is the 8th largest municipality in Limburg. The town is the seat of the administrative arrondissement of Maaseik (kieskanton). Internationally, Maaseik is known as the assumed birthplace of the famous Flemish painters Jan and Hubert van Eyck.
Kessenich is a village in the Belgian province Limburg. It is a section of the municipality of Kinrooi, lying in the eastern end of the municipality.
Opdorp is one of the three towns making up the municipality of Buggenhout in East Flanders, Belgium. Sometimes it's classified in the Denderstreek.
Saint Herlindis, sister of Saint Relindis, was a Frankish saint and abbess.
Saint Relindis, sister of Saint Herlindis, was the daughter of count Adelard who built a Benedictine monastery at Maaseik for his daughters. Herlindis was abbess of the abbey until her death, after which Relindis was named to succeed her by Saint Boniface.
Oostmalle is a village which is located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The village itself is part of the municipality of Malle.
Antti Siltala is a Finnish professional volleyball player who has played in Greek, Turkish and Polish leagues. He also plays for the Finland men's national team.
The Church of Saint Anne is a partly Romanesque, partly Gothic church in Aldeneik, Belgium.
The eighth-century Codex Eyckensis is a Gospel Book based on two constituent manuscripts that were bound as a single codex from (presumably) the twelfth century until 1988. The Codex Eyckensis is the oldest book in Belgium. Since the eighth century it has been kept and preserved on the territory of the present-day municipality of Maaseik, in Belgium. The book was probably produced in the scriptorium in the Abbey of Echternach. It is housed in the church of St Catherine in Maaseik.
Kanne is a village in the municipality of Riemst in the southeastern part of the Belgian province of Limburg. as of 2021, the village has 1,162 inhabitants of which a significant part have the Dutch nationality.
Said Ouali is a Belgian professional boxer at welterweight. His nicknames include "Prince", "The Crowd Pleaser" and "The Maaseik Sledgehammer".
Wout Wijsmans is a Belgian former volleyball player. He has played at the highest level in Italy from 1999 to 2013, as well as in Belgium, China and Turkey.
Aldeneik Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Aldeneik, currently a mainly residential parish of Maaseik, in the province of Limburg in eastern Belgium. It was founded in 728. The Benedictine nuns were replaced by canons in the 10th century. In the 16th century the canons moved to nearby Maaseik, and Aldeneik was abandoned.
Vital Heynen is a Belgian volleyball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for the German national team and Nilüfer Belediyespor.
Keith Pupart is an Estonian volleyball player who plays for Romanian Divizia A1 club SCM U Craiova.
Timo Tammemaa is an Estonian volleyball player, member of the Estonia men's national volleyball team. At the professional club level, he plays for Czarni Radom.
Andri Aganits is an Estonian volleyball player, a member of the Estonia men's national volleyball team and German club VfB Friedrichshafen.
Jay Michael Blankenau is a Canadian volleyball player, member of the Canada men's national volleyball team, participant at the Olympic Games, Dutch Champion (2016), two–time Belgian Champion.
Michaël Parkinson is a Dutch volleyball player. He is part of the Dutch national team, 2012 Belgian Champion.
Joel Banks is an English volleyball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for the Finnish national team and PGE Skra Bełchatów.
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