Rumes

Rumes is a common French-speaking of Belgium located in Walloon region in the Province of Hainaut.

History

We can affirm that Rumes and its surroundings were already occupied there is more than 100.000 years, by prehistoric men, as shows of them the stone tools found in the ploughings, these objects lithic are cut or improved with the Moustérienne way, very beautiful double-side (stone tools cut on the two faces) was found along the roadway of Douai and can be gone back with reserve to nearly 100.000 years. Some tools of this time were found in the fields of Rumes and in the neighborhoods.

the Gallic period is represented in Rumes by some pewter currencies (these Gauloises currencies were found in the fields of Rumes) (alloy of lead, iron, and coppers) some copper coins and also two silver moneys. Fragments of pottery were found in Rumes but also in Taintignies. This period was the transitional period for our Rumois of the first day, the flints were abandoned and bronze took a great place in the life of the every day, the new copper ore, of lead, and from tin came mainly from England and Germany. The ore was molten in low-furnaces and transformed into metal, this one was cast in clay moulds or stone, and after cooling one trimmed and polished the whole to give him a beautiful color close to gold, thus were made, swords, arrowheads, fibules, helmets… Later, iron made its appearance, much more solid than bronze it have the privilege to replace this one for the weapons, the agrarian tools… Limonite (iron ore) was imported but we had a very close career, indeed an exploitation was located at Bâchy a nearby village.

The villages of Rumes and Taintignies had temples dedicated to the Gallic Gods, in Taintignies Belenos was adored in one of these temples, from where the name of the district of " Bellonne" , the exact site of this building was however not located yet, only some decorated fragments of architrave were found on the village of Rumes (whose one of meadows of stone 60kg of Lezennes), certain air photographs our also show an enclosure closed of more than 100 meters length, research on the ground could determine whether and enclosed immense is in connection with Gallic the Religieux worship.

the Roman period is very well represented, the vestiges of villa, attest it, meadows of 20 villa can be indexed with certainty, of the currencies and fibules (pins) and objects were and are still found in abundance, in spite of the acid attacks of the artificial fertilizers. The first vestiges of Romaines occupation date from the arrivals of the troops of Claude first.

From etymological point of view the word Rumes comes from a Romain General whose name was " Rumo" , the name of the village changed several times but kept its etymological root (Rumo, Ruma, Rumeis, Rume, Rumes) the Roman epoch was very flourishing for the village, the craft industry developed, of the furnaces of potters were installed in all the area as well as workshops of ironworks and of bronze, the richer people could make come from Italy of the potteries of luxury like Sigillée, this pottery was richly decorated with mythical figures, of animals… While the humbler people supplied themselves at the potters of Howardries, Taintignies… these villages were famous to manufacture pretty potteries with decorations with the serrated roller.

for the period mérovongienne the first occupation of our area was at the time of the arrival of Clodion in 440 ap JC, this one made then Turned, its capital (Civitas Regalis) Mérovée there establishes its palate, thereafter towards 463, Childéric, tribal chief of the family of Clodion, had been put at the head of the Francs, the service of the Emperor and of Rome, it was for him a good means of growing rich and to have an external protection. Childéric died into 482 and was buried in Tournai under large a tumulus, near the current church Saint Brice. His/her Clovis son taken the relay after the death of his/her Father. The villages of Rumes, Taintignies and Glanerie are low in material and vestiges of this time, because of many attacks of mercenaries, pirates and others the majority of the populations preferred to live more meadows of Turned, or they had a sour protection. a fibule Discoïde was found with Esplechin, and another in Taintignies. The recent prospections on the village of Rumes one allowed to detect a cemetery of late Mérovingienne time, the found material is now in court of study to the museum of archeology of Turned, this matrièl comprises many fibules in crossbow, fibules in the shape of bridge, rings, and many small objects of bronze with gold plating.

at the high Feudal time, a strong castle is set up about 1148, this strong castle was built by Baudoin IV: Baudoin 1st of Constantinople (1172-1206) Count Baudoin IX of Flanders (1194-1206), Baudoin VI of Hainaut, first Latin emperor of the East (1204-1206) born with Valencians. In 1200, it was one of the chiefs of Ivème crusade, it took part in the catch of Constantinople with like rider and friends, the son junior by the lords of Rumes in (1204) and was elected Empereur of the new Latin state rested by the crusaders, however the Byzantines revolted and called upon the Bulgarian Tsar Jean II Kajolan. Demolishes by this last with the battle of Adrianople (1205) Baudoin, was made prisoner and internee with Tarnovo, or he died. In the place of the feudal mound, enormous ditches surrounded the castle, they were fed out of water by sources that secondary ditches brought, those were filled in 1867 and 1882, this updated levelling of the hundreds of skeletons, they rested for the majority in large stone sarcophagi, they were undoubtedly the remainders of the lords of Rumes and their families. (current street of the cure)

at the Spanish period the lords reigned says one as a Master, they returned justice and very often their whims regulated only the fashion and the rigor of repression, it was according to the expression " as soon as taken as soon as pendu" Rumes was place High and low justice, low justice was the minor offenses (one would say " now; of simple police"). And at the entry of the strong castle of Rumes rose a gibet and a pilori, it was there that the lord of the places exerted his High justice, the capital punishment was preceded by tortures, fire, the hunger, thirst, castration, the compression of the members, the mutilation of a member, (ear, hand, foot,…) And of another refinements. The life of the serfs (village servants) on the ground of Rumes was not more belle.1522 Charles Quint decided fate of Turned while annexing it to the Flanders, a decree was dictated but remained dead letter (on the contrary Tournai formed has it only a province with its consaux and state of the city and city of Turned) its states made up of the Clergy and of the nobility, four laic lords count or Barons (of Pecq, Rumes, Espierres and Warcoing) those Ci represented Tournai by their respective Baillifs.

more recently Our entitée was saved by the combat of war 14/18, Our villages were places of rest for the German troops ghost of the face and a field of fire of drive for the new recruits, the field of fire of Taintignies was with the place known as " Gloriette" fields of the " Gloriette" are fills of thousands of cartridges of drawn execices in 1916. engagements between English and Germans took place with the place said " Wood with fosses" and of many shells were drawn over froidmont, Ere, and on Esplechin. the house of the station master of Rumes was destroyed by the Germans, from many bombs fell on the village and made many damage.

September 2nd, 1944, a scout of the 2nd armor-plated Division US master key the border by error with its motor bike: so Glanerie was the first released Belgian village.

Culture

Rumes is known for its many cultural activities, one will count among these:

the fiète of the slope of ichi , which is the local festival of potato;
cox, a concentration monster of car ladybirds and VW;
the acarti fair , which is a presentation of the tradesmen of our three villages;
annual stock sale: a super large convivial market with small restoration, giant lamb barbecue, barbecue…

And his innumerable festivals, balls, and like one says on our premises “to all the saints q' in bou” (in light, all the occasions are good to have fun the festival).

Music

Rumes comprises a very famous Fanfare harmonic, as well as groups of musics.

Youth movements

The entity of Rumes counts many youth movements, within its 3 communes.

Rumes:

Patro Holy Therese (Girls)
Patro Saint Pierre (Boys)

Both patros were born in 1960.

Taintignies:

the Cosine (They organize one festive weekend each year, mid-August)

Glanerie:

guides and imps (They organize one festive weekend each year at the end of August)

External bonds

Official site of the commune
history of Rumes
Site of the festival of the potato
Photographs of Rumoises classes of yesterday and aujourdhui
Wikipédia Page of the patros of Rumes

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