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unusual facts about Alphen, Gelderland


Alphen

Alphen, Gelderland, a village in the municipality West Maas en Waal (province of Gelderland)


Alphen

Alphen, South Holland, a former municipality, including Alphen aan den Rijn

Alphen, North Brabant, a village in the municipality Alphen-Chaam (province of North Brabant)

Bimmen

Bimmen is situated on the left or south bank of the Rhine and borders the Dutch village of Millingen aan de Rijn in the province of Gelderland.

Bredevoort

When the count of Steinfurt tried to sell his share of the castle to the bishop of Munster and the count of Loon tried to sell his share to the count of Gelderland, a conflict broke out between the bishop and the count of Gelderland.

Christian Historical Party

It won and kept seats in several districts with large reformed populations, Goes in Zeeland, Apeldoorn in Gelderland, Dokkum in Friesland and Katwijk and Schiedam in South Holland.

Counts and Dukes of Guelders

William Thatcher, the lead character in the 2001 film A Knight's Tale played by Heath Ledger claimed to be Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein from Gelderland so as to appear to be of noble birth and thus qualify to participate in jousting.

Cristoval Royas de Spinola

Cristoval Royas de Spinola (or Christopher, Rojas), born of a noble Spanish family, near Roermond in Gelderland in 1626; died at Wiener-Neustadt, 12 March 1695, was a Spanish Franciscan diplomat and Bishop of Wiener-Neustadt.

Dames in de Dop

In the first season they were sent to Huis 't Velde, an International Butler Academy situated in Warnsveld, Gelderland. In the second season they were sent to Nieuw Rande, situated in Diepenveen, Overijssel. Nieuw Rande was specially re-opened in order to try to change the ladettes' habits.

Dick Schoenaker

Dirk "Dick" Hendricus Schoenaker (born November 30, 1952 in Ede, Gelderland) is a retired football midfielder from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina, wearing the number three jersey.

Heidevolk

The lyrical themes of their music are inspired by nature, the history of Gelderland, and the history of Germanic mythology.

Henk Schiffmacher

Born in Harderwijk, Gelderland, Schiffmacher displayed a talent and love for drawing at an early age.

Johan Huizinga

He died in De Steeg in Gelderland, near Arnhem, just a few weeks before Nazi rule ended, and he lies buried in the graveyard of the Reformed Church at 6 Haarlemmerstraatweg in Oegstgeest.

Lana Wolf

Lana Wolf (born 14 December 1975 in Wezep, Gelderland) sang with many international artists, among which are The Trammps, George McCrae, Londonbeat, Frans Bauer, René Froger, Gerard Cox and Linda, Roos and Jessica as well as with the Metropole Orchestra.

Landdrost

two Landdrosten of Elten (subordinated to the Dutch government up to September 1951, then to the Commissioner of the Queen -i.e. Governor- for Gelderland)

Lique Schoot

Her work is included in several collections, corporate as well as private and in the Netherlands as well as abroad, e.g., Provinces of Gelderland, Delta Lloyd Amsterdam, UMC St. Radboud Nijmegen, OHRA Arnhem, Essent N.V., Municipal Archives of The Hague.

Maarten van Rossum

His parents, Johan van Rossum, lord of Rossum and Johanna van Hemert probably married before 1478 and were part of the lower nobility around Bommelerwaard.

Martin Holtzhey

In 1749 he handed his Amsterdam workshop over to his son Johann Georg when he moved to Harderwijk to become mint master of Gelderland.

Oosterwolde

Oosterwolde, Gelderland, a village in the municipality of Oldebroek in the Dutch province of Gelderland

Oude IJssel

After Isselburg it crosses the border with the Netherlands and enters the province of Gelderland.

Roy Makaay

Rudolphus "Roy" Antonius Makaay (born 9 March 1975 in Wijchen, Gelderland) is a retired Dutch footballer.

United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Jülich-Cleves-Berg was the name of two former territories across the modern German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the modern Dutch province of Gelderland.

West-Veluws dialect

This dialect is spoken in different villages on the west side of the Veluwe and some villages on border of Gelderland and Utrecht (Bunschoten, Scherpenzeel et cetera).

Wouterus Verschuur

In 1874, on one of his trips to Gelderland, he died on July 4 in the town of Vorden.


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