Gheel (Geel), Marktflecken im Bezirk Turnhout der belgischen Provinz Antwerpen; merkwürdig wegen der großen Menge Geisteskranker, die seit undenklichen Zeiten aus benachbarten Provinzen hierher gebracht werden u. vertheilt unter der Obhut dasiger Familien leben; 10,720 Ew.
Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.
Gheel — (Geel), Gemeinde in der belg. Provinz Antwerpen, Arrond. Turnhout, an der Staatsbahnlinie Antwerpen Hamont (Anschluß nach Deutschland), mit 2 got. Kirchen (eine der heil. Dympna geweiht), einem Gemeinde Collège, betreibt Wollweberei, Färberei,… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
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GHEEL — (12), a town in Belgium, situated on a fertile spot in the midst of the sandy plain called the Campine, 26 m. SE. of Antwerp; it has been for centuries celebrated as an asylum for the insane, who (about 1300) are now boarded out among the… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
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