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unusual facts about Kampen, Overijssel



't Haantje

't Haantje, Overijssel, a hamlet in the municipality of Hardenberg, Overijssel, Netherlands

Battle of Kloster Kampen

The Battle of Kloster Kampen (or Kloster Kamp) was a tactical French victory over a British and allied army in the Seven Years' War.

Code of Hammurabi

It is currently on display in The Louvre, with exact replicas in the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, the library of the Theological University of the Reformed Churches (Dutch: Theologische Universiteit Kampen voor de Gereformeerde Kerken) in The Netherlands, the Pergamon Museum of Berlin and the National Museum of Iran in Tehran.

Confederation of Cologne

Since this peace was not enforceable the cities of Lübeck, Rostock, Stralsund, Wismar, Kulm, Thorn, Elbing, Kampen, Harderwyk, Elburg, Amsterdam and Briel signed the confederatio for war against Danmark and Norway.

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.

Deventer, Missouri

The name of the town is speculated to be originated from the Dutch city Deventer, Overijssel, The Netherlands.

Elaine Storkey

"Dooyeweerd's Anthropology – The Male-Female Dimension", in Sander Griffioen, Bert M. Balk (eds), Christian Philosophy at the Close of the Twentieth Century, Assessment and Perspective, Uitgeverij kok Kampen, 1995

Herman Ponsteen

Herman Ponsteen (born March 27, 1953 in Hellendoorn, Overijssel) is a retired track cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his native country twice at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 (Munich, West Germany).

Irene Kampen

Kampen attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison before becoming a copy girl at the newspaper New York Journal American and then went on to work at several weekly newspapers.

Joseph Butler

Ensink, Bernhard Ethik und Theologie bei Joseph Butler (1692-1752), Uitgeverij Kok, Kampen 1995

Kalenberg, Overijssel

Kalenberg (Low Saxon: Kaelebarg) is a small tourist village within the De Weerribben-Wieden National Park in the Dutch province of Overijssel.

Kampen Janitsjarorkester

One of the signature songs of The Kampen Janitsjarorkester is "Sing As We Go", which the band both plays and sings while marching.

Kamperlijntje

The line is operated by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (with DMUs of type Buffel) and is funded in part by the province of Overijssel and the municipalities of Zwolle and Kampen.

Marcha

Marcha (born Marga Groeneveld, 2 July 1956, Lattrop, Overijssel), also known as Marga Bult, is a Dutch singer and television presenter, who has been a member of the groups Tulip, Babe and Dutch Divas and is also known for her participation in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest.

Pieter Hendrik van Zuylen van Nijevelt

Pieter Hendrik van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1 July 1782 in Kampen – 25 January 1825 in Utrecht) was a Dutch count and baron who served as a general in the French and Dutch armies during the Napoleonic era and later.

Salland

The most important of these waterways is of course river IJssel; others include the Zwarte Water and (Overijsselse) Vecht rivers; the Regge stream, which flows through Twente to spend its last few kilometers in Salland before ending in the Vecht near Ommen; the Schipbeek stream; and the Soestwetering stream, which merges with a number of lesser streams near Zwolle to form river Zwarte Water.

Se og Hør

Arild Aspøy's Kjæresten fridde på dopapir: Se og Hør og kampen om privatlivet (1995; ISBN 9788203261091) explores issues of privacy raised by the magazine's editorial practices.

Treaty of Raalte

The Treaty of Raalte was signed on 1 October 1657 by Willem III and resulted in Willem giving up the stadtholdership of Overijssel.

Vecht

Vechte, a river that originates in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and ends in confluence with river Zwarte Water in the Netherlands province of Overijssel; often called Overijsselse Vecht in Dutch

Vechte

The Vechte originates in the Baumberge hills in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia near the city of Münster and flows north into the state of Lower Saxony, past the towns of Nordhorn and Emlichheim, across the border and then westwards into the Dutch province of Overijssel (hence its alternate Dutch designation).

Willemsoord

Willemsoord, Steenwijkerland, a village in Steenwijkerland municipality in Overijssel


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