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Heemskerk
Heemskerk ( ) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is located in the Kennemerland region. History The town was formed during the Middle Ages. In an official deed from the year of 1063, the town was known as ''Hemezen Kyrica'', Latinized Frisian meaning Church of Hemezen, a Frisians, Frisian nun who lived in a religious house there. Heemskerk knows many historical monuments, among them the ''Huldtoneel'' (lit. the "Inaugurate Stage"), an artificial hill located near the current Rijksstraatweg, where once the Count of Holland, Counts of Holland were inaugurated. According to tradition, the Huldtoneel was used before the Roman Era as a Germanic peoples, Germanic sanctuary. In the nineteenth century Jonkheer Gevers finally made the Huldtoneel a monument – as it is known today – and ordered passers-by to honour the monument. Many battles have been fought in Heemskerk. Two castles—Oud Haerlem Castle and Marquette Castle, Heemskerk C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquette Castle
Marquette Castle is an 18th-century manor house in Heemskerk, Netherlands, occupying the site of the previous 13th-century Heemkskerk Castle, or . Castle Characteristics Heemskerk, the first castle The first version of Marquette Castle was a round water castle dating from the 13th century. The round water castle is known from many old pictures. These suggest at least one building along its wall. They also show its later use as a walled garden with a pond. In 1802 the last remains of the water castle were demolished. All that remained were the very wide moats. In 2021 the castle terrains were investigated with ground-penetrating radar and two other non-invasive techniques. These showed the water castle, as well as its gatehouse. The outer diameter of the water castle proved to have been about 40 m. This is larger than Egmond Castle's round water castle which measures slightly less than 30 m. Apart from the known round water castle, other parts of the first castle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oud Haerlem Castle
Oud Haerlem Castle was a very strong castle in Holland. In 1351 it was demolished after a long siege. Location The location of Oud Haerlem castle is on the eastern fringe of what is now Heemskerk, just west of Amsterdam. It is 400 meter south-southeast of Slot Assumburg, Assumburg Castle, which probably also dates from the thirteenth century, but was much smaller at the time. Somewhat further north northwest of Assumburg was Poelenburg Castle, of which nothing remains. About three kilometer north northwest of Oud Haerlem is Marquette Castle, which used to be called Heemskerk Castle. Marquette Castle was a large round water castle, of which only later, more square parts remain. The unusually high concentration of castles in the area has been related to the contemporary geography of the area. The 1708 map still shows how the IJ reached far inland in medieval times. It continued in the now disappeared Wijkermeer, and left only the dunes and a very narrow strip of land to connect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maarten Van Heemskerck
Maarten van Heemskerck (born Maerten Jacobsz van Veen; 1 June 1498 – 1 October 1574), also known as Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen, was a Dutch portrait and religious painter, who spent most of his career in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Jan van Scorel, and adopted his teacher's Italian-influenced style. He spent the years 1532–36 in Italy. He produced many designs for engravers, and is especially known for his depictions of the Wonders of the World. Biography Early life Heemskerck was born in the village of Heemskerk, North Holland, halfway between Alkmaar and Haarlem. He was the son of a farmer called Jacob Willemsz. van Veen, later buried in the Dorpskerk, Heemskerk, village churchyard. According to his biography by Karel van Mander, he began his artistic training with the painter Cornelius Willemsz in Haarlem, but was recalled to Heemskerk by his father to work on the family farm. However, having contrived an argument with his father he left again, this time for Delft, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hook And Cod Wars
The Hook and Cod wars (; sometimes semi-anglicised as the wars of the Hoecks and the Cabbeljaws) comprise a series of wars and battles in the County of Holland between 1350 and 1490. Most of these wars were fought over who should hold the title of " Count of Holland". The Cod faction generally consisted of the more progressive cities of Holland. The Hook faction consisted for a large part of the conservative noblemen. The origin of the name "Cod" remains uncertain, but is most likely a case of reappropriation. Perhaps it derives from the Bavarian coat of arms, which resemble the scales of a fish. The ''Hook'' refers to the hooked stick that is used to catch cod. Another possible explanation of "Cod" points out that as a cod grows it tends to eat more, growing even bigger and eating even more, thus encapsulating how the noblemen perhaps saw the expanding middle classes of the time. Aftermath of William IV's reign (1345–1349) The reign of William IV of Holland and the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam Metropolitan Area
The Metropolitan Region Amsterdam () is the city region around the city of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. It lies in the Noordvleugel (English: "North Wing") of the larger polycentric Randstad metropolitan area and encompasses the city of Amsterdam as well as 36 further municipalities within the two provinces of North Holland and Flevoland, accessed January 2018. with a total population of over 2.5 million inhabitants. The administrative responsibility for the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam lies with the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam Central Administration (BKG). Members See also *Randstad
The Randstad (; "Rim City" or "Edge ...
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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] |
North Holland
North Holland (, ) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht (province), Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. As of January 2023, it had a population of about 2,952,000 and a total area of , of which is water. From the 9th to the 16th century, the area was an integral part of the County of Holland. During this period West Friesland (region), West Friesland was incorporated. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the area was part of the province of Holland and commonly known as the Noorderkwartier (English: "Northern Quarter"). In 1840, the province of Holland was split into the two provinces of North Holland and South Holland. In 1855, the Haarlemmermeer was drained and turned into land. The provincial capital is Haarlem (pop. 161,265). The province's largest city and also the largest city in the Netherlands is the Dutch capital Amsterdam, with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennemerland
Kennemerland () is a coastal region in the northwestern Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It includes the sand dunes north of the North Sea Canal, as well as the dunes of Zuid-Kennemerland National Park. History Kennemerland gets its name from the Kennemer people, Frisians who fought unsuccessfully with the Counts of Holland and in the Middle Ages. The name is said to derive from the Canninefates. :wikisource:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Frisians Because of the wars and the Dutch rerouting of waterways, the original borders of Kennemerland have been lost. During the 20th century, the term Kennemerland has been redefined to denote municipal regions of North Holland. Because the Kennemers, according to folklore, were always on the attack, many sports teams in Haarlem are called ''Kennemers''. Precisely who the Kennemer people were is unclear. The knights of ''Kennemerlant'', as the area was then called, quarrelled continually over trading rights and land ownership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Regions Of The Netherlands
The regions of the Netherlands provides links to both regions and subregions of the Netherlands. Regions The regions of the Netherlands are divided into the North, South, West and East Netherlands. Official regions Many regions in the Netherlands are officially defined by certain regulations of organizations. First level NUTS of the European Union NUTS-1 Regional divisions as used by the European Union: * Region NL1 ( North Netherlands): Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe * Region NL2 ( East Netherlands): Overijssel, Gelderland, Flevoland * Region NL3 ( West Netherlands): Utrecht, North Holland, South Holland, Zeeland * Region NL4 ( South Netherlands): North Brabant, Limburg Unofficial multi-country regions * De Duffelt * Euregio Enschede-Gronau * Euregio Benelux Middengebied * Ems Dollart Region *Frisia * Kempen * Maasland * Meuse-Rhine Euroregion * Rhine-Meuse-North Euroregion * Rhine-Waal Euroregion * Scheldemond Euroregion Unofficial multi-province regions *Bible Belt * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germanic Peoples
The Germanic peoples were tribal groups who lived in Northern Europe in Classical antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. In modern scholarship, they typically include not only the Roman-era ''Germani'' who lived in both ''Germania'' and parts of the Roman Empire, but also all Germanic speaking peoples from this era, irrespective of where they lived, most notably the Goths. Another term, ancient Germans, is considered problematic by many scholars since it suggests identity with present-day Germans. Although the first Roman descriptions of ''Germani'' involved tribes west of the Rhine, their homeland of ''Germania'' was portrayed as stretching east of the Rhine, to southern Scandinavia and the Vistula in the east, and to the upper Danube in the south. Other Germanic speakers, such as the Bastarnae and Goths, lived further east in what is now Moldova and Ukraine. The term ''Germani ''is generally only used to refer to historical peoples from the 1st to 4th centuries CE. Different ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Assumburg
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private 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 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 in its territory being divided among individual lords and princes. These nobles built castles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NH Hoteles
NH Hotel Group is a Spanish hotel chain headquartered in Madrid, Spain that operates over 350 hotels in 35 countries. The group operates under the umbrella of Minor Hotels, following the latter's acquisition of a majority stake in NH Hotel Group in late 2018. History NH ("Navarra Hoteles", named after the region in Spain) was founded in 1978 by Antonio Catalán.nh-hotels.com - About retrieved 27 April 2024 Throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, it made a series of acquisitions (Jolly Hotels in Italy, Krasnapolsky in the Netherlands, Astron Hotels in Germany). Operations NH Hotel Group offers luxury and upscale hotels, located primarily in |
