See also:ARNHEM, or ARNHEIM
, the See also:capital of the See also:province of Gelder-See also:land, See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Rhine (here crossed by a See also:pontoon See also:bridge), and a junction station 35 M. by See also:rail E.S.E. of See also:Utrecht
.
Pop
.
(1900) 57,240
.
It is connected by See also:tramway with See also:Zutphen and Utrecht, and there is a See also:regular service of steamers to See also:Cologne, See also:Amsterdam, See also:Nijmwegen, See also:Tiel, 's Hertogenbosch and See also:Rotterdam
.
See also:Arnhem is a See also:gay and fashionable See also:town prettily situated at the See also:foot of the Veluwe hills, and enjoys a See also:special reputation for beauty on See also:account of its wooded andhilly surroundings, which have attracted many wealthy See also:people to its neighbourhood
.
The Groote Kerk of St See also:Eusebius, built in the third See also:quarter of the 15th See also:century, contains the See also:marble See also:monument to See also:Charles (d
.
1538), the last See also:duke of See also:Gelderland of the See also:Egmont See also:dynasty
.
High up against the See also:wall is an effigy of the same duke in his See also:armour
.
The See also:fine lofty See also:tower contains a See also:chime of See also:forty-five bells
.
The See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St Walburgis is of earlier date, and a new Roman Catholic church See also:dates from 1894
.
The town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall was built as a See also:palace by Maarten See also:van Rossum, Duke Charles's See also:general, at the end of the 15th century, and was only converted to its See also:present use in 183o
.
Its See also:grotesque See also:external ornamentation earned for it the name of Duiveishuis, or See also:devil's See also:house
.
The provincial See also:government house occupies the site of the former palace of the See also:dukes of Gelderland
.
Other buildings are the See also:court-house, a public library containing many old See also:works, a See also:theatre, a large See also:concert-hall, a museum of antiquities (as well as a See also:separate collection of See also:Spanish antiquities), a gymnasium, a teachers' and See also:art school, a See also:building (188o) to contain the provincial archives, a See also:hospital (1889) and See also:barracks
.
On account of its proximity to the fertile Betuwe See also:district and its situation near the confluence of the Rhine and Ysel, the markets and See also:shipping of Arnhem are in a flourishing See also:condition
.
A See also:wharf for building and repairing See also:iron steamers was constructed in 1889
.
The manufactures include woollen and See also:cotton goods, See also:paper, earthenware, See also:soap, carriages, See also:furniture and See also:tobacco, which is cultivated in the neighbourhood
.
See also:Wool-combing and See also:dyeing are also carried on, and there are oil and See also:timber See also:mills
.
The environs of Arnhem are much admired
.
Following either the Zutphen or the Utrecht road, numerous pleasing views of the Rhine valley present themselves, and See also:country houses and villas appear among the See also:woods on every See also:side
.
At Bronbeek, a See also:short distance See also:east of the town, is a hospital endowed by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William III. for soldiers of the colonial See also:army
.
Beyond is the popular summer resort of Velp, with the See also:castle of Biljoen built by Charles, duke of Gelderland, in 1530, and the beautiful See also:park of the See also:ancient castle of Rozendaal in the vicinity
.
The origin of the castle of Rozendaal is unknown
.
The first account of it is in connexion with a See also:tournament given there by Reinald I., See also:count of Gelderland, in the beginning of the 14th century, and it ever after remained the favourite See also:residence of the See also:counts and dukes of Gelderland
.
About the beginning of the 18th century fountains and lanes in the See also:style of those at See also:Versailles were laid out in the park, and soon after the castle itself, of which only the See also:round tower remained (and is still See also:standing), was rebuilt
.
The park is open to the public, and is famous for the beauty of the See also:beech avenues and See also:fir woods
.
Beyond this is De Steeg, another popular resort, whence stretches the famous Middachten Allee of beech trees to Dieren
.
On the See also:Apeldoorn road is Sonsbeek, with a wooded park and small lakes, formerly a private seat and now belonging to the See also:municipality
.
On the See also:west of Arnhem is another See also:pleasure ground, called the Reeberg, with a See also:casino, and the woods of Heienoord
.
See also:Close by is the ancient and well-preserved castle of Doornwerth with its own See also:chapel
.
It was the seat of an See also:independent lordship until 1402, after which See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time it was held in See also:fief from the dukes of Gelderland
.
Beyond Doornwerth, at Renkum, is the royal country seat called Oranje-See also:Nassau's Oord, which was bought by the See also:crown in 1881
.
See also:History.—Arnhem, called Arnoldi See also:Villa in the See also:middle ages, is, according to some, the Arenacum of the See also:Romans, and is first mentioned in a document in 893
.
In 1233 See also:Otto II., count of Gelderland, See also:chose this spot as his residence, conferred municipal rights on the town, and fortified it
.
At a later See also:period it entered the Hanseatic See also:League
.
In 1473 it was captured by Charles the Bold of See also:Burgundy
.
In 1505 it received the right of coining from See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip, son of the See also:emperor See also:Maximilian I
.
In 1514 Charles of Egmont, duke of Gelderland, took it from the Spaniards; but in 1543 it See also:fell to the emperor Charles V.,. who made it the seat of the See also:council of Gelderland
.
It joined the See also:union of Utrecht in 1579, and _came finally under the effective government of the states-general in 1585, all the later attacks of the Spaniards being repulsed
.
In 1586 See also:Sir Philip See also:Sidney died in the town from
the effects of his See also:wound received before Zutphen
.
The See also:French took the town in 1672, but See also:left it dismantled in 1674, It was refortified by the celebrated Dutch general of See also:engineers,See also:Coehoorn, in the beginning of the 18th century
.
In 1795 it was again stormed by the French, and in 1813 it was taken from them by the Prussians under Billow
.
Gardens and promenades have now taken the See also:place of the old ramparts, the last of which was levelled in 1853
.
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