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unusual facts about County of Holland



Medieval Dutch literature

In the northern provinces, an equally great talent was exhibited by Melis Stoke, a monk of Egmond, who wrote the history of the state of Holland to the year 1305; his work, the Rijmkroniek ("Verse Chronicle"), was printed in 1591 and for its exactitude and minute detail it has proved of inestimable service to later historians.

Wiltenburg

An old provincial boundary stone was located in nearby Oukoop, marking the border between Holland and Utrecht.


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