HILVERSUM
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V13,
Page 470
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
HILVERSUM
, a town in the province of North 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
, 18 m. by rail S.E. of Amsterdam
.
It is connected with Amster- dam by a steam tramway, passing by way of the small fortified towns of Naarden and Muiden on the Zuider Zee
.
Pop
.
(1900) 20,238
.
It is situated in the middle of the Gooi, a stretch of hilly country extending from the Zuider Zee to about 5 M. south of Hilversum, and composed of pine woods and sandy heaths
.
A convalescent home, the Trompenberg, was established here in 1874, and there are a town See also: - HALL
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- 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, 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)
, middle-class and technical schools, and various places of worship, including a synagogue
.
Hilversum manufactures large quantities of floor-cloths and horse-blankets
.
End of Article: HILVERSUM
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