The Vlaamsche Hoogeschool (Dutch;[a] "Flemish Academy"), commonly referred to by its detractors as von Bissing university (Dutch: von-Bissinguniversiteit),[1] was a Dutch-speaking university established at Ghent in German-occupied Belgium in October 1916. Distinct from the existing State University of Ghent, the University formed part of the German Flamenpolitik and was a response to the long-established grievance of the Flemish Movement which campaigned against Ghent University's curriculum being taught only in French, despite the university being located in Dutch-speaking Flanders. The institution took its informal name from Moritz von Bissing, the German Governor-General of Belgium from 1914 to 1917, who was himself one of the Flamenpolitik 's chief advocates.
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- ^ De Schaepdrijver 2002, p. 284.