The Belgian historical gazetteer: a tool to map Belgian toponyms beyond linguistic and chronological borders

This paper introduces the project “Belgian Historical Gazetteer”. Started in November 2022, this project will last two years. It is hosted at the University of Antwerp, financed by CLARIAH-VL (2021-2025), and undertaken in liaison with the Belgian National Geographical Institute (IGN/NGI). The aim of this project is to set up a historical gazetteer of toponyms for the whole present-day territory of Belgium, in order to provide researchers with a collection of data that 1) does not stop at Belgian provincial borders and which 2) goes beyond the level of municipalities – such tool does not exist... Mehr ...