Unreferenced date May 2008 History of the Low Countries SouthernNetherlands lang nl Zuidelijke Nederlanden ... joined with the northern Netherlands as a single kingdom under the House of Orange at the 1815 Congress of Vienna . The Congress first joined the SouthernNetherlands to the United Kingdom of the Netherlands ... in the SouthernNetherlands ruled by Philip, Duke of Parma and garrisoned by French troops in exchange ... of Fontainebleau 1785 1785 Treaty of Fontainebleau that the SouthernNetherlands would be compensated ... of Utrecht in 1579. Interwikiconflict this article encompass the Spanish Netherlands, the Southern ... controlled by Spain Spanish Netherlands , lang nl Spaanse Nederlanden , 1579 1713 , Austria Austrian Netherlands , lang nl Oostenrijkse Nederlanden , lang de sterreichische Niederlande , 1713 94 and annexed ... Luxembourg Belgium Belgian province , and in addition some parts of the Netherlands namely the Duchy of Limburg now split in a Limburg Netherlands Dutch and Limburg Belgium Belgian part as well as, until ... Burgundy and the republican Northern Netherlands, these allodial title allodial states kept access to the Burgundian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire until its end. Place in the broader Netherlands As they were very wealthy, the Netherlands in general were a jewel in the ever debt burdened House ... intolerance of the Roman Catholic Catholic Spanish monarchy led to a general rebellion of the Netherlands ... , established their independence as the Dutch Republic United Provinces after 1581, the southernNetherlands were reconquered by the Spanish general Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma . The SouthernNetherlands passed to the Austrian Habsburgs after the War of the Spanish Succession in the early ... Netherlands were ultimately lost to the French Revolutionary Wars French Revolutionary armies , and annexed ... made into the autonomous Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , because it was claimed by both the Netherlands and Prussia . In 1830 the predominantly Roman Catholic southern half became independent as the Kingdom ... more details
and the SouthernNetherlands . File Andries Beeckman The Castle of Batavia.jpg thumb left Dutch ...About the country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands Use dmy dates date January 2011 pp move indef Infobox country native name lang nl Nederland conventional long name Netherlands common name the Netherlands image flag Flag of the Netherlands.svg image coat Coat of arms of the Netherlands 02.svg image ... span style font size 11px Special municipalities of the Netherlands span style font size 9px dark green span br in the Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean span national motto span style line height 133 ... nl.html title Netherlands author World Factbook date 3 August 2010 publisher CIA accessdate 14 August ... is not the capital of the Netherlands. If you disagree, too bad, for a change here you need ... August 2010 ref leader title1 Monarchy of the Netherlands Monarch leader name1 Beatrix of the Netherlands Beatrix leader title2 Prime Minister of the Netherlands Prime Minister leader name2 Mark Rutte People s Party for Freedom and Democracy VVD leader title3 Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands ... General of the Netherlands States General upper house Senate of the Netherlands Senate lower house House of Representatives of the Netherlands House of Representatives area rank 135th area magnitude ... estimate formatnum Data Netherlands poptoday ref name cbs Cite web url http www.cbs.nl en GB menu themas bevolking cijfers extra bevolkingsteller.htm title Netherlands official population clock publisher ... estimate rank 61st population census population census year population density km2 expr Data Netherlands poptoday 41526 round 1 population density sq mi expr Data Netherlands poptoday 16033 round ... 2CNGDPD 2CNGDPRPC 2CNGDPPC 2CNGDPDPC 2CPPPGDP 2CPPPPC&grp 0&a title Netherlands publisher International ... .nl Ref box7 7 calling code Telephone numbers in the Netherlands 31 , 599 Ref box8 8 footnote1 note ... The United States dollar is the sole legal tender within the Caribbean Netherlands . Before 2011 ... more details
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Wiktionary Netherlands The Netherlands is a European country with territories in the Caribbean. Netherlands may also mean Kingdom of the Netherlands , consisting of the countries Aruba , Cura ao , Sint Maarten and the Netherlands The geographical region of the Low Countries , roughly covering the modern countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg Various entities in the history of the region Burgundian Netherlands 1384 1477 The Seventeen Provinces 1477 1581 , as inherited by the House of Habsburg Habsburgs from the Burgundians Dutch Republic United Provinces 1581 1794 , which revolted against Habsburg rule and constituted the predecessor of the current Kingdom of the Netherlands country SouthernNetherlands 1581 1795 , which remained under Habsburg rule, roughly corresponding to modern Belgium and Luxemburg, more specifically Spanish Netherlands 1556 1713 SouthernNetherlands Austrian Netherlands 1713 1794 United Kingdom of the Netherlands 1815 1830 uniting the United Provinces and the SouthernNetherlands under Dutch rule. the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands which is in Europe The Netherlands proper until 10 October 2010 Netherlands European Parliament constituency Greater Netherlands , the political aspiration of uniting the Netherlands with the Flemish speaking Flanders . For information about the confusion about the Netherlands, Dutch and Holland, see Netherlands terminology . See also Netherland Nederland disambiguation Netherlands terminology Category National sports teams of the Netherlands for teams called Netherlands disambig br Izelvroio dishe velout ca Pa sos Baixos desambiguaci cs Nizozem da Nederlandene flertydig de Niederlande Begriffskl rung el fr Nederland homonymie it Nederland he nl Nederland doorverwijspagina pl Niderlandy ... more details
History of the Low Countries See Timeline of Burgundian and Habsburg acquisitions in the Low Countries The Habsburg Netherlands was a geo political entity covering the whole Low Countries from 1482 to 1556 1581 ref From the Dutch Revolt of 1556 to the final secession of Dutch Republic in 1581, its hold on the Northern Netherlands was tenuous. ref and solely the Southern Netherlands from 1581 to 1794. After 1581, it was also known as the Spanish Netherlands or the Austrian Netherlands . It was held by the Duke of Burgundy 1506 1555 , the King of Spain 1555 1706 or the Archduke of Austria 1716 1794 , all from the house of Habsburg . It was ruled on his behalf by a Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands governor . It briefly revolted from the Habsburgs from January to December 1790 to join the United States of Belgium , at the end of which it reverted into the Habsburg Netherlands. It finally ceased to exist in 1794 when it was annexed by the First French Republic . References reflist Category History of the Netherlands Category County of Flanders Category History of Belgium Category History of Spain Category Former polities in the Netherlands Category States and territories established in 1482 Category 1581 disestablishments netherlands stub cs Habsbursk Nizozem es Pa ses Bajos de los Habsburgo fr Pays Bas des Habsbourg nl Habsburgse Nederlanden ru ... more details
distinguish2 Huguenots The Netherlands Huguenots in the Netherlands denoting France French Protestantism Protestant immigrants to the Netherlands. The history and presence of the Walloon people , i.e. French language francophone Belgium Belgians , in the Netherlands goes back to the foundation process of the Dutch state. Even more so, the region now known as Wallonia was part of the historical SouthernNetherlands , a region now divided between the Netherlands , Belgium and the France French Nord Pas de Calais . Walloons in the Meuse Rhine Region However, even after the foundation of the previously mentioned nations cross border migration continued towards the Netherlands. Particularly, this was the case in the border area now of the Netherlands Limburg Netherlands Limburg province , Belgium Limburg Belgium Limburg and Li ge province Li ge provinces and Germany North Rhine Westphalia . In 1840 , 10 years after the independence and incorporation of Wallonia into Belgium , the population of the Limburg Netherlands Dutch Limburgian capital Maastricht comprised 8.6 Belgian born persons with 40 of these persons originating from Wallonia fuelling the competition between the Dutch language Dutch and French language French languages in the city. ref name Cross border mobility in the Li ge Limburg area cite web title Cross border mobility in the Li ge Limburg area in the past and the present 19th 20th centuries . The results of the survey in a historical perspective date 2002 2003 publisher Sociaal Historisch Centrum voor Limburg, Maastricht url http popups.ulg.ac.be federalisme document.php?id 231 author Rutten, W. accessdate 2009 07 25 ref Ethnic groups in the Netherlands Notes reflist Category Dutch people of Belgian descent Category Ethnic groups in the Netherlands Category Walloon diaspora Category History of Wallonia Netherlands stub ... more details
France was called the SouthernNetherlands or the Spanish Netherlands between 1579 and 1713, the Austrian ...More footnotes date August 2010 More than one name is used to refer to the Netherlands , both in English language English and in Netherlands terminology In other languages other languages . Some of these names .... This is a common source of confusion for outsiders. In English the country is called the Netherlands ... the Netherlands is similar to names such as the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany ... of the Holy Roman Empire were called Dutch or Douch . The NetherlandsNetherlands literally means ... Netherlands . ref aut Duke, A. 2009 Dissident identities in the early modern Low Countries , Ashgate Publishing, ref The English usage of the Netherlands The English word Netherlands is derived ... language. No first use of Netherlands in the English language has yet been attested. One would expect ... Flanders or the Low Countries , while the Northern Netherlands were usually designated United Provinces rather than United Netherlands or more simply, Holland . Kingdom of the Netherlands See also Kingdom of the Netherlands Distinction between the Netherlands and the Kingdom l1 Distinction between the Netherlands and the Kingdom The United Kingdom of the Netherlands existed from 1815 to 1830. When Belgium became independent, the Northern Provinces continued using the Netherlands . Today the Kingdom of the Netherlands encompasses the Netherlands , one constituent country of the Kingdom, Aruba , Cura ao and Sint Maarten . In Dutch common practice, the Kingdom of the Netherlands is shortened to Kingdom and not to Netherlands , as the latter may confuse the Kingdom with the constituent country. The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands also shortens the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Kingdom rather than Netherlands . ref name Charter http www.minbzk.nl contents pages 48365 thecharterforthekingdomofthenetherlands.pdf Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands ref Outside the Kingdom ... more details
Queen of the Netherlands may refer to Beatrix of the Netherlands Monarchy of the Netherlands Queen of the Netherlands ship , a Dutch salvage and dredging ship disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2007 The geology of the Netherlands describes the geologic timescale geological sequence of the Netherlands . Large parts of the Netherlands today are below sea level and have in the past been covered by the sea or flooded at regular intervals. The modern Netherlands formed ... of the North Sea . The Netherlands is mostly composed of river delta deltaic , coast al and Aeolian ... all of the west Netherlands is composed of the Rhine Meuse river estuary , but civilisation human intervention greatly modified the natural processes at work. Most of the western Netherlands is below .... The ice sheet halted as it covered the eastern half of the Netherlands. After the ice age ended, the moraine ... these hills. Sedimentary succession Image Netherlands Map.svg thumb 250px Map of the Netherlands Paleozoic ... province of Limburg Netherlands Limburg , e.g. in the Heimans quarry. Younger sediments Permian in age are not exposed at surface. The subsurface of the Netherlands including the Dutch sectors ... s and limestone s. The salt is mined in the east of the Netherlands in villages as Boekelo and forms ... in the Netherlands in the quarry near Winterswijk Triassic Muschelkalk limestone s . The Schoonebeek ... Kupferschiefer which forms the source rock for the east Netherlands oil. During late Jurassic times the Zuidwal volcano was active in a now submerged part of the Netherlands known as the Wadden Sea . During Cretaceous times, most of the Netherlands was covered by a warm shallow inland sea in which thick successions of chalk were deposited. This is in places chert bearing chalk is mined near the southern ... sediments is reached, but most of the subsurface of the Netherlands lack deposits of this age. The recent Netherlands is formed by Pleistocene and Holocene age sediments as result of ice glacio ... and the river influence is still visible all over the Netherlands. Tectonics and orogeny Although the Netherlands seems to be a tectonics tectonically quiet area, a number of fault activities have ... more details
102 Flag of the Netherlands Greater Coat of Arms of the Realm Coat of arms of the Netherlands Life in the Netherlands The Netherlands IPA en n rl ndz en us Netherlands.ogg lang nl Nederland ... of the Netherlands . ref name CIA World Factbook cite web date July 2, 2009 url https www.cia.gov library publications the world factbook geos nl.html title Netherlands work The World Factbook publisher United States Central Intelligence Agency accessdate July 23, 2009 ref The Netherlands is a parliamentary ... as an overview of and topical guide to the Netherlands TOC limit limit 2 Clear General reference Image LocationNetherlands.svg right thumb The location of the Netherlands Image Netherlands pol87.jpg right thumb An enlargeable map of the Netherlands Image Netherlands CIA WFB Map 10 10 10.png thumb An enlargeable basic map of the Netherlands Image KonDerNed 10 10 10.png thumb An enlargeable topographic map of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Image Satellite image of the Netherlands in May 2000.jpg thumb An enlargeable satellite image of the Netherlands Pronunciation IPA en n rl ndz en us Netherlands.ogg Common English country names The Netherlands , imprecisely Holland Official English country name The Netherlands A constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands , which comprises the Netherlands , Aruba , Cura ao and Sint Maarten . Common endonym s List of countries and capitals ... of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names Countries and nations Adjectival s Dutch, Netherlands ... Name of the Netherlands International rankings of the Netherlands ISO country codes NL, NLD, 528 ISO region codes See ISO 3166 2 NL Internet country code top level domain .nl Geography of the Netherlands Main Geography of the Netherlands The Netherlands is a Nation state country , part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Location Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere Eurasia Europe Western ... of the Netherlands North 53 33 18 N 6 28 41 E East 53 10 49 N 7 13 40 E South 50 45 01.5 N 5 54 54.0 ... more details
Politics of the Netherlands The Mobile Netherlands Nederland Mobiel is a political party in the Netherlands without parliamentary representation. External links http www.nederland mobiel.nl Official web site Category Political parties in the NetherlandsNetherlands party stub ... more details
NL342 rowspan 7 SouthernNetherlands rowspan 7 NL4 rowspan 4 North Brabant rowspan 4 NL41 West North ... Western Netherlands rowspan 16 NL3 Utrecht province Utrecht NL31 Utrecht province Utrecht NL310 rowspan ... The Hague NL332 Delft and Westland, Netherlands Westland NL333 East South Holland NL334 Rijnmond ... rowspan 3 Limburg Netherlands Limburg rowspan 3 NL42 North Limburg NL421 Mid Limburg NL422 South ... LAU 2 Municipalities of the Netherlands Municipalities Gemeenten align right 443 The LAU codes of the Netherlands ... 2007.xls See also Subdivisions of the Netherlands ISO 3166 2 NL ISO 3166 2 codes of the Netherlands List of FIPS region codes M O NL Netherlands FIPS region codes of the Netherlands External links http ... unl.html Provinces of Netherlands , Statoids.com NUTS Category NUTS Netherlands Category Subdivisions of the Netherlands Nuts lt NUTS NL ... more details
Infobox settlement name Bakel coordinates region NL subdivision type List of sovereign states Country subdivision name Netherlands subdivision type1 Province subdivision name1 Noord Brabant subdivision type2 Municipality subdivision name2 Gemert Bakel area km2 population 5593 population as of 1 January 2007 density website image shield latNS N longEW E latd 51 latm 30 lats 9 longd 5 longm 44 longs 27 Bakel is a village east of Helmond and Eindhoven in southern part of the Netherlands . The total population is approximately 5,000. Until the late 1990s it formed together with Milheeze and Rips the municipality of Bakel and Milheeze but in 1997 it was forced to merge with the larger Gemert municipality. Bakel does not have old buildings with the exception of the Willibrordus Church which is the oldest in the area. However during the 1970s, this church was modernized. In the 1990s it regained a little bit the old style decoration. The area surrounding Bakel on the one hand has lots of nature forest but the agricultural economy is also dominated by bio industry. It has the highest pig density in the Netherlands. Coord 51 30 N 5 45 E region NL type city source GNS enwiki display title Category Populated places in North Brabant NorthBrabant geo stub fr Bakel Brabant Septentrional nl Bakel ... more details
Infobox settlement name Meeuwen coordinates region NL subdivision type List of sovereign states Country subdivision name Netherlands subdivision type1 Province subdivision name1 North Brabant subdivision type2 Municipality subdivision name2 Aalburg area km2 population 764 population as of 2005 density website image shield latNS N longEW E latd 51 latm 43 lats 39 longd 5 longm 0 longs 37 Meeuwen is a village in the southern Netherlands . It is located in Aalburg , North Brabant , about 8 km northwest of Waalwijk . Meeuwen was a separate municipality until 1923, when it became part of Aalburg. Until 1908, the official name of the municipality was Meeuwen, Hill en Babyloni nbroek . ref Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten ref References references External links Kuyper Meeuwen Netherlands nb meeuwen Map of the former municipality, around 1868. Coord 51 44 N 5 01 E display title region NL type city source GNS enwiki Category Populated places in North Brabant Category Former municipalities of North Brabant NorthBrabant geo stub fr Meeuwen Pays Bas nl Meeuwen Aalburg pt Meeuwen ... more details
February 2011 Greater Netherlands lang nl Groot Nederland is the political desire to unite all Dutch ... the re unification of the Netherlands and Flanders in any number of political forms, including a unitary ... Burgundian Circle , whose aim is the establishment of a Whole Netherlands Heel Nederland . This would ... to the former United Kingdom of the Netherlands , uniting Belgium as a whole , Luxembourg , the Netherlands ... . In its most limited form a merger of Flanders and the Netherlands , a Greater Netherlands would ... Image Groot Nederland English.PNG thumb 250px right Most common view of the Greater Netherlands A political union between Flanders and the Netherlands . Image Kaartnlvl.png thumb 250px right Map with the Netherlands and Flanders with their flags common view of the Greater Netherlands. Narrowly defined, Greater Netherlands refers to the aspiration for the unification of the Netherlands and Flanders ... efficient. A union with Flanders has not been a political issue in the Netherlands and it is on the agenda ... federal union between Flanders and the Netherlands is not a popular option among the Flemish population ... has strong opinions towards a Greater Netherlands . Greater Netherlandism is sometimes associated with the extreme right fascist organizations in both the Netherlands and Belgium, and the movement used ... March 2011 Whole Netherlands Sometimes, in the Flemish movement and the Flemish nationalist s, the term Heel Nederland Whole Netherlands is used to define the whole of the Dutch populated territories Greater Netherlands , according to it, this is how the Kingdom of the United Netherlands should be. The Dutch ... to this ideology the Netherlands and Flanders should to re start the Kingdom of United Netherlands ... or Burgundism , whose aim is the so called Whole Netherlands Heel Nederland combining all the Low ..., but Belgium as a whole , Luxembourg , the Netherlands which would be similar to the former United Kingdom of the Netherlands and Northern France most likely Nord Pas de Calais after the historical Burgundian ... more details
and between the Dutch Reformed Church and the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands in the late 19th century. Roman Catholicism in the Netherlands Catholics , who dominated the southern provinces, were ... 2010 ref Most Catholics live in the southern provinces of North Brabant and Limburg Netherlands Limburg ...Life in the Netherlands Image Nederlandgodsdienst1849 en.PNG thumb right 250px Religious division in the Netherlands ... in red areas. History of religion in the Netherlands Historically the Netherlands is characterized by multitude of religion s. Since the mid of the Middle Ages, the Netherlands was a predominantly Christian ... day, there is a major decline of religious adherence. Nowadays, the Netherlands is one of the most ... Catholicism is the single largest religion of the Netherlands, forming the religious home of some 26 of the Dutch people, down from 40 in the 1970s. The Protestant Church of the Netherlands follows ... in the Netherlands The Netherlands declared its independence from Spain in 1581, during the Eighty ... the Counter Reformation . After independence the Netherlands adopted Calvinism as a state religion ... of Jews of the Netherlands Jewish and Protestant refugees from Flanders, France Huguenots , Germany ... which grew considerably as the result of Demographics of the Netherlands Im and Emigration immigration ... Main Roman Catholicism in the Netherlands Currently Roman Catholicism is the single largest religion of the Netherlands, forming the religious home of some 26.3 of the Dutch people down from ... authority. Citation needed date May 2010 Protestant Churches in the Netherlands Main Protestant Church of the Netherlands The Protestant Church of the Netherlands PKN forms the largest Protestant denomination ... of the population and the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands at that time 3.7 of the population and a smaller Lutheran Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands 0.1 ... Islam in the Netherlands File 2008 Moschee Terborg.jpg right thumb 175px A Mosque in Terborg . Islam ... more details
pp move indef Infobox Former Country native name Nederlandse Antillen conventional long name Netherlands Antilles common name Netherlands Antilles continent North America status Federation status text Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands image flag Flag of the Netherlands Antilles 1959 1986 .svg image coat Coat of arms of the Netherlands Antilles.png image map LocationNetherlandsAntillesWithAruba.png ... date end 10 October event end Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles event2 Secession of Aruba ... Maarten.svg s4 Caribbean Netherlands flag s4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg currency Netherlands Antillean guilder cctld .an calling code 599 legislature Estates of the Netherlands Antilles title leader Monarchy of the Netherlands Queen leader1 Juliana of the Netherlands leader2 Beatrix of the Netherlands ... year deputy2 1973 1977 year deputy3 2006 2010 stat year1 2001 stat area1 800 stat pop1 175653 The Netherlands ... the Kingdom of the Netherlands , consisting of two island group groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles ... of the Netherlands, and the rest of the Netherlands Antilles was Dissolution of the Netherlands ... countries , Cura ao and Sint Maarten, with the other islands joining the Netherlands as Caribbean Netherlands special municipalities , officially Public body Netherlands public bodies . ref name ... ref The name Netherlands Antilles is still sometimes used to indicate the Caribbean islands which are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . History See also Cura ao and Dependencies Dutch colonial ... and Dependencies formed a colony of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Slavery was abolished in 1863 ... of the Netherlands Queen Wilhelmina had promised in a 1942 speech to offer autonomy to the overseas territories of the Netherlands, and British and American occupation with consent by the Dutch government .... Among others, universal suffrage was introduced. The territory was renamed to Netherlands Antilles as well. After the Dutch constitution was revised in 1948, a new interim Constitution of the Netherlands ... more details
with the SouthernNetherlands , roughly equivalent to what is now Belgium and Luxembourg was decided ...Infobox Country native name Koninkrijk der Nederlanden conventional long name Kingdom of the Netherlands common name Netherlands image flag Flag of the Netherlands.svg image coat Coat of arms of the Netherlands ... monarchy leader title1 Monarchy of the Netherlands Monarch leader name1 Beatrix of the Netherlands Beatrix leader title2 Prime Minister of the Netherlands Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom ref name PM The Prime Minister of the Netherlands ... for Cura ao and Sint Maarten . Other ministers of the Netherlands are referred to with the additional ... of Sint Maarten leader name5 Mathias Voges legislature States General of the Netherlands States General upper house Senate of the Netherlands Senate lower house House of Representatives of the Netherlands ... established established date1 1815 established event2 Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands ... GDP PPP rank GDP PPP per capita GDP PPP per capita rank currency Euro small European Netherlands small , US Dollar small Caribbean Netherlands small , Netherlands Antillean guilder ... regional languages in the Netherlands . footnote2 The Hague is the seat of the government of the Netherlands Oranjestad, Aruba Oranjestad is the capital of Aruba Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Willemstad is the capital of Cura ao and Philipsburg, Netherlands Antilles Philipsburg is the capital of Sint Maarten . footnote3 Also .eu in the Netherlands, shared with other EU member states. The Kingdom of the Netherlands Dutch language Dutch Audio Nl Koninkrijk der Nederlanden2.ogg Koninkrijk der ... of the Kingdom&mdash Aruba , Cura ao , the Netherlands , and Sint Maarten &mdash are referred to as Constituent ... of the Netherlands , transmitted to the U.N. Secretary General in compliance with the wishes ... en uitgeversbedrijf s Gravenhage, 1956 ref History main History of the Netherlands The Kingdom ... more details
the SouthernNetherlands present Belgium were added to the kingdom, this text disappeared from the constitution ... values that were prevalent for so long in the Netherlands, was converted into a Royal Palace Amsterdam Royal Palace . In 1810 the Netherlands were annexed by the First French Empire French Empire ... I of the Netherlands Prince William VI of Orange as Sovereign of the Netherlands, The Hague was restored ... in the Constitution of the Netherlands constitution of 1814. Article 30 of this constitution ... or alternatively in a city of the southern provinces, at the choice of the king. ref cite web ... was to make it explicitly clear that Amsterdam is indeed the capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ... the proper legal status of Amsterdam as capital of the Netherlands is of recent date, the city has ... century the city grew rapidly to become the largest and most powerful city in the Netherlands ... Netherlands in 1572 1581, Dordrecht briefly became the seat of government of the United Provinces ... the Netherlands were not a unitary state , but more of a confederation in which the independent provinces ... Portal Netherlands br reflist 3 coord 52 22 23 N 4 53 32 E type city region NL display title DEFAULTSORT Capital Of The Netherlands Category Cities in the Netherlands Category Government of the Netherlands ... more details
prose date July 2010 NOTOC Environment of the Netherlands Bevrijdingsbos Dutch standards Geology of the Netherlands Litter in the Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment Staatsbosbeheer Biota List of birds of the Netherlands List of extinct animals of the Netherlands List of non marine molluscs of the Netherlands See also European Commissioner for the Environment Environmental issue Knowledge for Climate References Reflist External links http www.vrom.nl pagina.html?id 37635 Waste policy at the Ministry for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment VROM Category Environment of the Netherlands ... more details
New unreviewed article source ArticleWizard date March 2011 New article name is Romans in the Netherlands For around 450 years, from around 55 BC to around 410 BC , the southern part of the Netherlands was integrated into the Roman Empire . During this time the Romans in the Netherlands had an enormous influence on the lives and culture of the people who lived in the Netherlands at the time and indirectly on the generations that followed. ref Much of this article is derived from the Dutch Wikipedia article called Romeinen in Nederland , which unfortunately has no footnotes at all. ref Map of Romans in the Netherlands Image romeinen kaart.png thumb 400px The exact location of the shifting coastline in Roman times is unknown. Roman forts in the Nederland squares on the map Flevum at modern Velsen A harbour has been found here as well. Lugdunum Batavorum Brittenburg at modern Katwijk aan Zee Praetorium Agrippinae at modern Valkenburg South Holland Valkenburg Matilo in the modern Roomburg area of Leiden Albaniana at modern Alphen aan den Rijn fort of an unknown name near Bodegraven Laurium at modern Woerden a fort perhaps called Fletio at modern Vleuten Traiectum in modern Utrecht Fectio Vechten Levefanum at modern Wijk bij Duurstede Carvo at modern Kesteren in Neder Betuwe fort of an unknown name at Meinerswijk Noviomagus in modern Nijmegen Towns in the Netherlands triangles on the map A Forum Hadriani , a.k.a. Aellium Cananefatum modern Voorburg br B Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum , a.k.a. Colonia Ulpia Noviomagus, modern Nijmegen br C Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum Batavorum in modern Nijmegen br D Colonia Ulpia Trajana in modern Xanten , Germany br E Coriovallum in modern Heerlen Settlements or posts circles on the map F Nigrum Pullum modern Zwammerdam br G settlement of an unknown ... Romeinse vondsten in de Lithse Ham.aspx ref br N Ceuclum modern Cuijk br O unknown modern Esch, Netherlands ... Wizard Category History of the Netherlands Category Roman Empire Category Roman frontiers ... more details
Life in the Netherlands Image Hollande04.jpg 260px thumb Some symbols and icons of Dutch culture Dutch people Dutch culture , or the culture of the Netherlands , is diverse, reflecting regional differences ... of immigrants. The Netherlands and Dutch people have played an important role for centuries ... main Languages of the Netherlands main Dutch dialects Image Dutcharea.png left 220px thumb Map ... in much of the north and east and are recognized by the Netherlands as regional languages according ... Netherlands Limburg .However, both Dutch Low Saxon and Limburgish spread across the Dutch German ... in the Netherlands Image Interior of a Calvinist church.PNG thumb 210px Calvinism has been known at times ... de Witte c.1660 Calvinism became the theological system of the majority in the Netherlands during the Dutch ... in public. The Netherlands today is one of the most secular countries in Europe. An estimated ... religion in the Netherlands, but there has always been a high percentage of Roman Catholics, who were strongly predominating in the southern provinces, but also considerably present in the northern ... in the Netherlands Islam has begun to gain a foothold and mosque s are being built. The Netherlands ... Suriname after its independence. There is also a small group of Jews 40.000 living in The Netherlands ... right thumb 210px Hilversum City Hall by Willem Marinus Dudok main Architecture of the Netherlands ... Art See also List of Dutch painters See also Movie theaters in the Netherlands See also Cinema of the Netherlands ... day Netherlands. Some of the most famous indisputably Dutch artists from before the 17th century ..., many painters from Flanders fled to the Northern Netherlands, for religious reasons and because the Netherlands ... and the more impressionist George Hendrik Breitner living in the Netherlands, and the romanticist Lawrence Alma Tadema , living in England. In the 20th century, the Netherlands produced many fine painters ... van Beverloo Corneille . Music and dance details Music of the Netherlands details Music of Aruba ... more details
This is a chronological list of floods that have occurred in the Netherlands , until 1500 most parts of the Netherlands were in Frisia . 838 December 26 A large part of the northwest of the Netherlands in that time the land belonged to Frisia now called Friesland was flooded by a storm. Lack of good dikes was an important cause of this flood disaster. Bishop Prudentius of Troyes describes this flood he said there were 2437 victims. This flood is also described in the Annales Xantenses . 1014 September 28 for the first time the partially closed coast line of the Netherlands was breached. Walcheren ... Bruges with the North Sea. 1163 The Netherlands experienced several floods this year. This caused ... . Large parts of the north of the Netherlands and the Zuiderzee region were inundated. A channel ... Flood sup nl Sint Nicolaasvloed Dutch text sup Sint Nicolaasvloed . Large parts of the north of the Netherlands ... victims. 1214 Storm flood affecting all parts of the Netherlands. Much erosion of peat areas. 1219 January 16 St. Marcellus Flood Sint Marcellusvloed . Large parts of the north of the Netherlands and the Zuiderzee ... in 50 years. This had enormous consequences on the development of the two large inner seas in the Netherlands ... lost to floods in the Netherlands Drowned villages in Groningen province Drowned villages in Groningen province . 1280 Large parts of the north of the Netherlands were inundated. This flood created the Lauwerszee ... atop an incredible storm surge that carved a huge inland sea into the Netherlands, killing at least ... mainly the north of the Netherlands . It flooded part of Terschelling the surroundings of Stavoren ... dike breaches. It was heaviest in an area of approximately 500 kilometres wide in Wales , central and southern ... . See also Flood control in the Netherlands External links http www.orisant.com verdronken lijst.htm ... Day flood 1717 map http www.deltawerken.com The flood of 1953 89.html The Flood of 1953 in the Netherlands ... Flood of 1170 . File retrieved March 11, 2007. Category Floods in the Netherlands ru ... more details
750 BC a relatively uniform Germanic people from the Netherlands to the Vistula and southern Scandinavia ... Rhine and Weser and inhabiting the southern part of the Netherlands south of the great rivers . Some ... a wide range, including into the southern area of the Netherlands. This would have been the northern ... loose Celtic coins have been found throughout the central and southern part of the Netherlands, but it is rare ... Period of Germanic peoples , the Celts as a distinct group in the southern part of the Netherlands ...History of the Netherlands During the period of the Roman Empire , areas south of the Rhine were included ... French, ending after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The old Netherlands were restored by the Vienna ... of the Netherlands starts. International trade in one of the largest colonial empires of the Modern ... several wars with its closest competitor, England. The Netherlands has remained a trading nation ... that is now the Netherlands was largely shaped by its constantly shifting, low lying geography. cellspacing 0 border 0 style background white Image 5500vc ex leg.jpg thumb upright left The Netherlands in 5500 BC Image 3850vc ex leg copy.jpg thumb upright left The Netherlands in 3850 BC Image 2750vc ex leg copy.jpg thumb upright left The Netherlands in 2750 BC Image 500vc ex leg copy.jpg thumb upright left The Netherlands in 500 BC Image 50nc ex leg copy.jpg thumb upright left The Netherlands ... of hunter gatherers before 5000 BC The area that is now the Netherlands has been inhabited since the last ... glaciation. During the last ice age, the Netherlands had a tundra climate with scarce vegetation ... linked to rivers and open water and were genetically related to the southern Scandinavian Erteb lle ... winter game, including seals. The arrival of farming around 5000 BC 4000 BC Agriculture arrived in the Netherlands ... European farmers. Agriculture was practised only on the loess plateau in the very south southern Limburg Netherlands Limburg . Farms did not develop in the rest of the Netherlands, probably because ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Events May 13 Enschede fireworks disaster Fireworks disaster in Enschede killing 23 and destroying an entire neighbourhood Business March 17 World Online is floated on the Amsterdam stock exchange Sports June 10 to July 2 The Netherlands and Belgium co host the UEFA Euro 2000 2000 UEFA European Football Championship . See also 2000 Other events of 2000 2001 in the Netherlands DEFAULTSORT 2000 In The Netherlands Category 2000 in the Netherlands 2000 in the Netherlands Category 2000 by country Netherlands Netherlands stub ... more details
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