• Duurstede may refer to: Dorestad, the major early medieval trading centre Duurstede Castle, the late medieval castle there Wijk bij Duurstede, the modern-day...
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    Wijk bij Duurstede (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɛiɡ bɛi ˈdyːrsteːdə] ) is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands. Cothen Langbroek Wijk bij...
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    Castle Duurstede (Dutch: Kasteel Duurstede) is a medieval castle in Wijk bij Duurstede in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands. The castle originated...
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    On 16 May 1817, Pattimura led an armed rebellion that captured Fort Duurstede, killing the inhabitants of the fortress and fighting off Dutch reinforcements...
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    Fort Duurstede is a 17th-century colonial Dutch fort in Saparua, Indonesia The fort originally protected Saparoea village. A navigation guide from 1878...
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    The Windmill of Wijk bij Duurstede (c. 1670) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch painter Jacob van Ruisdael. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age...
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    Ruisdael's most famous works. Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede, dated 1670, shows Wijk bij Duurstede, a riverside town about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from...
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    east of Haruku Island. Kota Saparua from Fort Duurstede Fort Duurstede at Saparua The inside of Fort Duurstede, Saparua Islands portal Prostar Sailing Directions...
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    IJsselmeer and then splits into the Lek and the Kromme Rijn at Wijk bij Duurstede. The Lek flows into the Merwede. The Kromme Rijn continues past Utrecht...
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  • Restaurant Duurstede is a defunct restaurant in Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands. It was a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in...
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    the IJssel branches off. The Nederrijn flows on to the city of Wijk bij Duurstede, from where it continues as the Lek. The once-important but now small...
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    Dorestad (category Wijk bij Duurstede)
    Utrecht in the Netherlands, close to the modern-day town of Wijk bij Duurstede. It flourished during the 8th to early 9th centuries, as an important...
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    Lippe-Biesterfeld. Later on they lived for a while in a villa at Wijk bij Duurstede. Princess Carolina studied political science at University of Amsterdam...
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    therefore David left Utrecht in 1459 to settle in the newly acquired Wijk bij Duurstede, where he resided for the rest of his life. Thanks to Burgundian support...
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    Amsterdam–Rhine Canal (category Wijk bij Duurstede)
    southeasterly direction as it goes through the city of Utrecht towards Wijk bij Duurstede where it intersects the Lek branch of the Rhine and then continues on...
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    Cothen (category Wijk bij Duurstede)
    Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Wijk bij Duurstede, and lies about 10 km (6 mi) southeast of Houten. The skyline of Cothen...
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  • Corebus unknown 138 found in Roman Martyrology Cornelius of Wijk bij Duurstede 1548 9 July 1572 29 June 1867 by Pope Pius IX One of the Martyrs of Gorkum...
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    Fort Duurstede in Saparua, 1846...
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    King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, on 21 April 2012 in Wijk bij Duurstede. From 1988 to 2011, Mother Theresa Brenninkmeyer was the prioress, later...
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    the flow west along a route parallel to the Waal. However, at Wijk bij Duurstede, the Nederrijn changes its name and becomes the Lek. It flows farther...
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  • Alphen aan den Rijn) Lek (in Krimpen aan de Lek) Nederrijn (in Wijk bij Duurstede) Pannerdens Kanaal (near Arnhem) branch of Bijlands Kanaal (at Millingen...
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    van Weezel. The civil marriage took place on 12 June 2010 at Wijk bij Duurstede. The church wedding was to have taken place at the La Cambre Abbey in...
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    Vecht Utrecht Utrechtse Heuvelrug Veenendaal Vijfheerenlanden Wijk bij Duurstede Woerden Woudenberg Zeist In 2015, 20.3% of the population belonged to...
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    RKD mentions there is evidence to support a claim that he was born in Duurstede Castle. He is registered in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1503. In...
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    always easy. The bishop, for example dammed the Kromme Rijn at Wijk bij Duurstede to protect his estates from flooding. This threatened shipping for the...
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    dammed the Kromme Rijn where it branches from the Nederrijn at Wijk bij Duurstede. In the Roman period, The Kromme Rijn had been the main channel of the...
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    Tjapko Poppens (category People from Wijk bij Duurstede)
    Freedom and Democracy (VVD), he previously served as mayor of Wijk bij Duurstede from 2012 until 2019. Poppens was born and grew up in the province of...
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    brothers from the same friary, Petrus of Assche and Cornelius of Wijk bij Duurstede. At almost the same time the Calvinists arrested the parish priest of...
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    Montfoort Nieuwegein Oudewater Rhenen Utrecht Veenendaal Vianen Wijk bij Duurstede Woerden IJsselstein Zeist Zeeland Arnemuiden Goes Hulst Middelburg Sluis...
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    empire by protecting important markets along the mouth of the Rhine at Duurstede and Utrecht, which in part explains his later determination to defend...
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