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Scherpenzeel, Gelderland
Scherpenzeel () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Gelderland. As of , it has a population of , with approximately 6,000 adults. The community of Scherpenzeel also contains a part of the hamlet of Moorst. ''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Scherpenzeel, June 2015'' History Founding Centuries ago, what is now the Netherlands was still a collection of small states, ruled by bishops, earls, dukes, and lords. These rulers were constantly at war over territory, causing fortifications and defenses to be built in border areas. This was the case in the Veluwe hills, which lay along the border of what is now Utrecht (province), Utrecht and Gelderland, where many castles and fortresses were constructed as safe havens. Hence, the name "Scherpenzeel", formerly known as "Scarpenzele", allows us to infer that there was a settlement built around a house ("''zele''") with sharpened poles ("''scarpen''"), the proto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities Of The Netherlands
Since 1 January 2023, there have been 342 regular municipalities ( ; Grammatical number#Overview, sing. ) and three Caribbean Netherlands, special municipalities ( ) in the Netherlands. The latter is the status of three of the six island territories that make up the Dutch Caribbean. Municipalities are the second-level administrative division, or public body (Netherlands), public bodies (), in the Netherlands and are subdivisions of their respective provinces of the Netherlands, provinces. Their duties are delegated to them by the Cabinet of the Netherlands, central government and they are ruled by a municipal council (Netherlands), municipal council that is elected every four years. Municipal merger (politics), mergers have reduced the total number of municipalities by two-thirds since the first official boundaries were created in the mid 19th century. Municipalities themselves are informally subdivided into districts and neighbourhoods for administrative and statistical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl
Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the Peerages in the United Kingdom, peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. A feminine form of ''earl'' never developed; instead, ''countess'' is used. The title originates in the Old English word , meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Old Norse, Scandinavian form ''jarl''. After the Norman Conquest, it became the equivalent of the continental count. In Scotland, it assimilated the concept of mormaer. Since the 1960s, earldoms have typically been created only for members of the British royal family, royal family. The last non-royal earldom, Earl of Stockton, was created in 1984 for Harold Macmillan, prime minister from 1957 to 1963. Alternative names for the rank equivalent to "earl" or "count" in the nobility structure are used in other countries, such as the ''hakushaku'' (伯爵) of the post-restoration Japanese Imperial era. Et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scherpenzeel, Gelderland
Scherpenzeel () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Gelderland. As of , it has a population of , with approximately 6,000 adults. The community of Scherpenzeel also contains a part of the hamlet of Moorst. ''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Scherpenzeel, June 2015'' History Founding Centuries ago, what is now the Netherlands was still a collection of small states, ruled by bishops, earls, dukes, and lords. These rulers were constantly at war over territory, causing fortifications and defenses to be built in border areas. This was the case in the Veluwe hills, which lay along the border of what is now Utrecht (province), Utrecht and Gelderland, where many castles and fortresses were constructed as safe havens. Hence, the name "Scherpenzeel", formerly known as "Scarpenzele", allows us to infer that there was a settlement built around a house ("''zele''") with sharpened poles ("''scarpen''"), the proto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woudenberg
Woudenberg () is a town and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the central Netherlands, in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. In 2023, it had a population of 14,410. There are forests in the western part of the municipality in which the Pyramid of Austerlitz is located. The municipality also borders the province of Gelderland to the east. Etymology The name Woudenberg refers to a forested hill; nowadays the town lies in an agriculture, agricultural area about 8 km south of Amersfoort. Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Woudenberg, 2013.'' Economy The main sources of income were the raising of livestock and the cultivation of tobacco. Currently, most people work out of town, mostly in the surrounding towns of Amersfoort, Utrecht (city), Utrecht and Veenendaal. Tourism Because of the many attractions nearby, such as the Grebbe, the Pyramid of Austerlitz and the Henschotermeer, Woudenberg is v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renswoude
Renswoude () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Renswoude, June 2015'' Notable people * Jan Hendrik Waszink (1908–1990) a Dutch Latin scholar and academic * Roel Robbertsen (born 1948) a Dutch politician and pig farmer * Henk-Jan Held (born 1967) a volleyball player, team silver medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics and team gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics * Maarten Van Garderen (born 1990) a Dutch male volleyball player, member of the Netherlands men's national volleyball team Gallery File:Church in Renswoude, designed by Jacob van Campen.JPG, Church designed by Jacob van Campen for the grandfather of Maria Duyst van Voorhout's husband File:3927 Renswoude, Netherlands - panoramio (32).jpg, Renswoude Castle File:Gemeentehuis Renswoude - 3.JPG, Gemeentehuis, Renswoude References External links * O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barneveld (municipality)
Barneveld () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the province of Gelderland in the center of the Netherlands. It is known for its poultry farming, poultry industry and large Protestant community. The municipality had a population of in , out of which 33,800 (2018) lived in the Barneveld (town), town itself. Barneveld is estimated to be over 800 years old. This estimation is based on a text from 1174 in which a Wolfram van Barneveld is named. Population centres *Barneveld (town) *De Glind *Garderen *Kootwijk *Kootwijkerbroek *Stroe, Gelderland, Stroe *Terschuur *Voorthuizen *Zwartebroek Notable people * Jan van Schaffelaar (ca.1445–1482) a cavalry officer in the duchy of Guelders * Hendrik Jansen van Barrefelt (ca.1520–ca.1594) a weaver, a Christian mystic and author * Jan Everts Bout (1601/1602 – 1671) an early Dutch settler in the New Netherland * Jacobus Kapteyn FRS FRSE LLD (1851–1922) a Dutch astronomer * Eduard Daniël van Oort (1876–1933 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neo-Gothic
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century, mostly in England. Increasingly serious and learned admirers sought to revive medieval Gothic architecture, intending to complement or even supersede the neoclassical styles prevalent at the time. Gothic Revival draws upon features of medieval examples, including decorative patterns, finials, lancet windows, and hood moulds. By the middle of the 19th century, Gothic Revival had become the pre-eminent architectural style in the Western world, only to begin to fall out of fashion in the 1880s and early 1890s. For some in England, the Gothic Revival movement had roots that were intertwined with philosophical movements associated with Catholicism and a re-awakening of high church or Anglo-Catholic belief concerned by the growth of religi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tower House
A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation. Tower houses began to appear in the Middle Ages, especially in mountainous or limited access areas, to command and defend strategic points with reduced forces. At the same time, they were also used as an aristocrat's residence, around which a castle town was often constructed. Europe After their initial appearance in Ireland, Scotland, the Frisian lands, Northern Spain and England during the High Middle Ages, tower houses were also built in other parts of western Europe, especially in parts of France and Italy. In Italian medieval communes, urban ''palazzi'' with a very tall tower were increasingly built by the local highly competitive patrician families as power centres during times of internal strife. Most north Italian cities had a number of these by the end of the Middle Ages, but few now remain, notably two towers in Bologna, twenty towers in Pavia and fourtee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scherpenzeel Nl 5 (born 1952), Dutch musician
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Scherpenzeel may refer to: *Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Dutch municipality and town * Scherpenzeel, Friesland, Dutch village *Ton Scherpenzeel Ton Scherpenzeel (born 6 August 1952) is a Dutch keyboardist, composer, lyricist, and founding member of Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. Subsequent to Kayak, Scherpenzeel joined British progressive rock band Camel (band), Camel. He also play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle
A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private fortified house, fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a mansion, palace, and villa, whose main purpose was exclusively for ''pleasance'' and are not primarily fortresses but may be fortified. Use of the term has varied over time and, sometimes, has also been applied to structures such as hill forts and 19th- and 20th-century homes built to resemble castles. Over the Middle Ages, when genuine castles were built, they took on a great many forms with many different features, although some, such as curtain wall (fortification), curtain walls, arrowslits, and portcullises, were commonplace. European-style castles originated in the 9th and 10th centuries after the fall of the Carolingian Empire, which resulted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utrecht (province)
Utrecht (), officially the Province of Utrecht (), is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands. It is located in the centre of the country, bordering the Eemmeer in the north-east, the province of Gelderland in the east and south-east, the province of South Holland in the west and south-west and the province of North Holland in the north-west and north. The province of Utrecht has a population of about 1,388,000 as of January 2023. With a land area of approximately , it is the second smallest province in the country. Apart from its Utrecht, eponymous capital, major cities and towns in the province are Amersfoort, Houten, IJsselstein, Nieuwegein, Veenendaal and Zeist. The busiest railway station in the Netherlands, Utrecht Centraal railway station, Utrecht Centraal, is located in the province of Utrecht. History The Archdiocese of Utrecht (695–1580), Bishopric of Utrecht was established in 695 when Saint Willibrord was consecrated bishop of the Frisians a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veluwe
The Veluwe () is a forest-rich ridge of hills (1100 km2; 420 sq. mi.) in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. The Veluwe features many different landscapes, including woodland, heath, some small lakes and Europe's largest sand drifts. The Veluwe is the largest push moraine complex in the Netherlands, stretching from north to south, and reaching heights of up to . The Veluwe was formed by the Saalian glacial during the Pleistocene epoch (geology), epoch, some 200,000 years ago. Glaciers some thick pushed the sand deposits in the Rhine and Maas Delta sideways, creating the hills which now form most of the Veluwe. Because the hills are made of sand, rain water disappears rapidly, and then it flows at a depth of tens of metres (yards) to the edges where it reaches the surface again. Originally the Veluwe was surrounded by a string of swamps, heavily populated with Game (hunting), game such as deer and wild boar because these areas offered rich vegetation to feed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
