Ottenburg

Ottenburg is a village in the municipality of Huldenberg in the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium, close to the language border.

[1][2] The prehistoric earthwork, a long barrow known as de Tomme, is located here, identified in 2021 by archaeologists as the oldest such monument known in the Low Countries.

[3] During the period of French occupation (1795–1815), Ottenburg was known as Ottenbourg and was in the department of the Dyle.

[4] Paul Splingaerd (1842–1906), who became a mandarin in China, lived in Ottenburg in his youth.

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