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NIJMWEGEN, NIMEGUEN, NYMEGEN Or NIMWEGEN, a town in the province of Gelderland, Holland, on the left bank of the Waal, 242 M. by rail E. by S. of Tiel.
Nijmwegen is very prettily situated on the slopes of five low hills rising from the river-side.
Between 1656 and 1678 Nijmwegen was the seat of a university.
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 NIJMWEGEN, NIMEGUEN, N... - Online Information article about NIJMWEGEN, NIMEGUEN, N...
Nijmwegen is very prettily situated on the slopes of five See also:
kings and emperors who were once benefactors of Nijmwegen.
Catholic or Canisius hospital (1866), and the old weigh-house arid Flesher's Hall, probably built in 1612 and restored in 1885.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /NEW_NUM/NIJMWEGEN_NIMEGUEN_NYMEGEN.html   (665 words)

  
 Ralph Abercromby - Wikipedia
But on France declaring war against England in 1793, he hastened to resume his professional duties; and, being esteemed one of the ablest and most intrepid officers in the whole British forces, he was appointed to the command of a brigade under the duke of York, for service in Holland.
He commanded the advanced guard in the action at Le Cateau, and was wounded at Nijmwegen.
The duty fell to him of protecting the British army in its disastrous retreat out of Holland, in the winter of 1794-1795.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Albrecht Dürer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
He journeyed by the Rhine, Cologne, and then to Antwerp, where he was well received and produced numerous drawings in silverpoint, chalk or charcoal.
Besides going to Aachen for the coronation, he made excursions to Cologne, Nijmwegen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Zeeland.
He finally returned home in July 1521, having caught an undetermined illness which afflicted him for the rest of his life.
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 History of Holland - Chapter XVIII (By George Edmundson)
In 1677, however, the capture of Valenciennes by the French and their decisive defeat of the allied army under William’s command at Mont-Cassel (April 11) made it more difficult for him to resist the growing impatience of the burgher-class in Holland and especially of the merchants of Amsterdam at his opposition to peace.
It was granted, and the Dutch and Spanish representatives at Nijmwegen (those of the emperor, of Brandenburg and of Denmark refusing to accede) speedily agreed to conclude peace on the following terms: the French to restore Maestricht and to evacuate all occupied Dutch territory, and to make a commercial treaty.
The French diplomatists at Nijmwegen had hitherto declared that their troops would not evacuate Maestricht and the other places which they had agreed to restore to the States, until Brandenburg and Denmark had evacuated the territory they had conquered from Sweden.
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 free nijmwegen fonts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Just a thought : " Nijmwegen " is the German way of spelling the city's name (I ' m guessing that Rammstein have spelt it this way).
The 15th - century font, the pulpit (1570), the organ (1617), and the early and Rotterdam, Nijmwegen, Amhem, Maastricht and Liege.
20 : 00 NEC Nijmwegen PSV Eindhoven 2 : 3 (2 : 1) 23.11.
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 Gerhard Noodt - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
GERHARD NOODT (1647-1725), Dutch jurist, was born at Nijmwegen in 1647.
Educated at Leiden, Utrecht and Franeker, he became a professor of law at Leiden.
This page was last modified 08:47, 3 Sep 2006.
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 Agenzia Fides - ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AMERICA/SURINAME - New Bishop of Paramaribo
Having completed his studies he went to Suriname where he worked in the office for the Direction of Catholic Schools, mainly for Bush Negreos and Amerindians he was also director of the Father Albrink Foundation.
He did most of his ecclesiastic studies in Suriname, under the direction of the local Bishop following a special formation programme offered by Nijmwegen University (missiology).
He was ordained a deacon in 1984 in Holland and on 25 May 1985 he was ordained a priest at Paramaribo for that diocese.
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 soccer24-7.com Forums - FC Utrecht lose stunning home record.....
Feb 18 2002 11:18 AM I've been on a holiday for a time but are back now but what happended last week was a disgrase.
We lost at home against NEC Nijmwegen 1-4 :cry
We beated all the big teams (Last 3 home matches against ajaks we beated the scum every time!!).
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 Gillie Groom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The war of the Palatinate was once again about Louis trying to obtain more land, but this time it was against England.
This war was ended with the Treaty of Rijswijk, in which France returned everything it had taken since the Treaty of Nijmwegen.
The final war was the War of the Spanish Succession.
homepages.udayton.edu /~santamjc/winter99-7/GillieGroom.htm   (1239 words)

  
 Chronica Vol. I
Von Nijmwegen bis Zürich wurde eine durchgehende Linie von Kastellen errichtet, die durchgehende Rheinstrasse wurde weiter ausgebaut.
From Nijmwegen down to Zurich a line of forts were assembled, with the main road along the Rhine, rebuilt.
The river Vecht near Utrecht was channeled (Fossa Drusiana).
www.novaroma.de /nr/provincia/historia/chronica1.htm   (1691 words)

  
 Re: Bill Bruford releases (Warning! No Political Content!)
Recorded live > >> in Nimjigen in Holland in 1995 the concert features Bill Bruford and > >> world-renowned jazz pianist Michiel Borstlap.
> I'm still trying to figure out if Nimjigen, Nijmwegen, Nijmegen are all the > same place.
I've been to all those places, I think..
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 Ancient Holland The history of The Lowlands from the beginning of the Era until the last Counts of the house of Frisia ...
His younger son Egbert became archbishop of Treves.
He obtained from the Extent emperor Otto III, with whom he was in great favor in 983, a considerable extension of territory, that now domin-covered by the Zuiderzee and southward down to Nijmwegen.
In the deed of gift is spoken of as holding the three Countships of Maasland, Kinhem or Kennemerland and Texla or Texel; in other words his rule extended over the whole Country from the right bank of the Maas or Meuse to the Vlie.
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 Nijmwegen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
(Zuid-Gelders : Nèhméége) (obsolete spellings: Nijmwegen, Nymegen, Nieumeghen — known in German language as Nimwegen, French language as Nimègue, and Spanish language as Nimega) is a municipality and a city in the east of the Netherlands, near the Germany border.
The municipality is formed by the city of Nijmegen, incorporating the former villages of Hatert, Hees and Neerbosch, as well as the urban expansion project of Waalsprong, that lies to the north of the river Waal, including the village of Lent, Netherlands and the new suburbs of Nijmegen-Oosterhout and Nijmegen-Ressen.
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 Bill Bruford's Summerfold and Winterfold Records Catalogs in The Artist Shop
Michiel Borstlap has also worked with many great jazz musicians over the years more notably with Jimmy Haslip, Toots Thielmans, and Pat Metheney.
This concert comes from the personal archives of Bill Bruford and documents a live concert that took place in Nijmwegen in 2002 and finds the pair in almost intuitive mood and whilst being intimate is also assertive at the same time.
The performance is passionate and the free expression of both musicians comes across on this exciting live document that has not been previously released before.
www.artist-shop.com /summerfold   (3631 words)

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