Editing Mesen (section)

== History ==
In 1062, Adela, wife of [[Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders|Baldwin the Pius]], count of [[Flanders]], translated the bones of [[Saint Sidronius]] from Rome to Messines.<ref>{{citation |url=https://archive.org/details/TheLivesOfTheSaintsV07/page/n307/mode/2up |accessdate=2021-08-04 |page=277
 |last=Baring-Gould |first=Sabine  |title=The Lives of the Saints |volume=7, July Pt. 1 |year=1897 |location=London |publisher=J. C. Nimmo}}</ref>

Three battles were fought over the town during [[World War I]] (1914–1918):
*[[Battle of Messines (1914)]]
*[[Battle of Messines (1917)]] and [[Mines in the Battle of Messines (1917)|Mines in the Battle of Messines]]
*[[Battle of the Lys (1918)]]

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Image:Kerktoren Mesen.JPG|Church tower from Mesen
Image:Sint-Niklaaskerk.JPG|Sint-Niklaaskerk
Image:MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY.JPG|[[Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial|Messines Ridge British Cemetery]]
Image:Tower, Irish Peace Park, Mesen, Belgium.jpg|Tower, [[Irish Peace Park]] in Mesen
Image:IR Lübeck 029 – Meesen-Befehl.jpg|German Order for Mesen 7 April 1918
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