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2 unusual facts about Zuid-Kennemerland National Park


Zuid-Kennemerland National Park

Besides Highland cattle, Shetland pony, and Koniks, an experiment was started in spring 2007 by releasing a small number of Wisents.

The park is owned and managed collectively by Vereniging Natuurmonumenten (Natural Monuments Association), Staatsbosbeheer (State Forestry), NV PWN Waterleidingbedrijf Noord-Holland (Water Supply Company North Holland), IVN, Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland (Water Board Rijnland), and the surrounding municipalities and private owners.


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None of the official names for South Africa can be abbreviated to ZA, which is an abbreviation of the Cape Dutch Zuid-Afrika.

Barendrecht railway station

Adjacent to the four tracks of this line are two tracks for the HSL-Zuid and three for freight, as part of the Betuweroute freight route to Zevenaar.

Benthorn

Part of the hamlet had to be demolished for the construction of the high speed railway HSL-Zuid, and only three farms remain.

Benthuizen

The HSL-Zuid being constructed passes Benthuizen on the eastern side.

Bernard Berkhout

Bernardus Johannes Berkhout (born 18 April 1961, Santpoort, the Netherlands) is a family doctor, best known as a jazz clarinetist.

Carl Schwaner

Borneo: beschrijving van het stroomgebeid van den Barito, en reizen langs eenige voorname rivieren van het Zuid-Oosterlijk gedeelte van dat eiland (edited by Jan Pijnappel), 1853 - Borneo: description of the basin of the Barito River, and travel along some major rivers of the southeastern part of the island.

CGR 3rd Class 2-6-0T

Before the outbreak of the South African War in October 1899, four tank locomotives were ordered by the Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NZASM) in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) from Dickson Manufacturing Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania, through the agency of Arthur Koppel.

Elektriciteits Produktiemaatschappij Zuid-Nederland

The 'Elektriciteits Produktiemaatschappij Zuid-Nederland (EPZ), or Electricity Production Company South-Netherlands is the operator of the coal- and nuclear power plants located in Borssele in the Netherlands.

Het Bildt

They are named Wijngaarden, Altoenae, and Kijfhoek, after the villages (Wijngaarden, Altoenae and Kijfhoek) in Zuid Holland, the province from which most of the workers came.

Hollandsche Bank-Unie

By 1922, the Hollandsche Bank voor Zuid-Amerika was running branches in Genoa, Hamburg, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Santiago, São Paulo and Valparaíso.

Mariapolder

Mariapolder, Strijen, polder and hamlet near Strijensas in Zuid-Holland

Peter van Asbeck

Henrik Jan Peter van Asbeck (born December 26, 1954 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a former field hockey player from The Netherlands.

Polsbroek

In 1812, a single municipality "Polsbroek" was created, covering both Noord-Polsbroek and Zuid-Polsbroek, and several surrounding villages (Cabauw, Vliet, Vlist, Zevender, and Hoenkoop).

Sander van Gessel

Sander Branko van Gessel (born November 4, 1976 in Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch footballer currently playing for JEF United Ichihara Chiba in the J. League Division 2.

Santpoort-Zuid

En route to Amsterdam Central, the train stops at Bloemendaal, Haarlem, Haarlem-Spaarnwoude (for IKEA), and Amsterdam Sloterdijk (change for Schiphol Airport).

Trams in Amsterdam

The main Amsterdam tram workshop has been based since May 2005 in Diemen-Zuid.

Transvaalse Staatsartillerie

The first attempt by the South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek or ZAR) to form a professional full-time artillery unit was Batterij Dingaan (Dingaan Battery), which could be seen as the forerunner of the Transvaalse Staatsartillerie.

Waard

Hoeksche Waard, island between the Oude Maas, Dordtsche Kil, Hollands Diep, Haringvliet and Spui rivers in the province of Zuid Holland in the Netherlands

Grote Hollandse Waard, farming region between Zuid-Holland and Brabant, that disappeared in the Sint-Elisabethsvloed (1421)


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