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HILVERSUM

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 470 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HILVERSUM , a See also:

town in the See also:province of See also:North See also:Holland, 18 m. by See also:rail S.E. of See also:Amsterdam. It is connected with Amster-See also:dam by a See also:steam See also: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 See also:middle of the Gooi, a stretch of hilly See also:country extending from the Zuider Zee to about 5 M. See also:south of Hilversum, and composed of See also:pine See also:woods and sandy heaths. A convalescent See also:home, the Trompenberg, was established here in 1874, and there are a town See also:hall, middle-class and technical See also:schools, and various places of See also:worship, including a See also:synagogue. Hilversum manufactures large quantities of See also:floor-cloths and See also:horse-blankets.

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