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KAMPEN , a See also:town in the See also:province of See also:Overysel, 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
Holland, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Ysel, 31 M. above its mouth, and a terminal railway station 8 m. N.W. of See also:Zwolle. It has See also:regular steamboat communication with Zwolle, See also:Deventer, See also:Amsterdam, and See also:Enkhuizen. Pop. (1900), 19,664. Kampen is surrounded by beautiful gardens and promenades in the See also:place of the old See also:city walls, and has a See also:fine See also:river front. The four turreted gateways furnish excellent examples of 16th and 17th See also:century See also:architecture. Of the churches the Bovenkerk (" upper See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church "), or church of St See also:Nicholas, ranks with the See also:cathedral of See also:Utrecht and the Janskerk at 's Hertogenbosch as one of the three See also:great See also:medieval churches in Holland. It was begun in 1369, and has See also:double aisles, See also:ambulatory and radiating chapels, and contains some finely carved woodwork. The See also:Roman See also:Catholic Buitenkerk (" See also:outer church ") is also a fine See also:building of the 14th century, with See also:good See also:modern panelling. There are many other, though slighter, remains of the See also:ancient churches and monasteries of Kampen; but the most remarkable building is the old town-See also:- HALL
- 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 (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- 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)
hall, which is unsurpassed in Holland. It See also:dates from the 14th century, but was partly restored after a See also:fire in 1543. The exterior is adorned with niched statues and beautiful See also:iron trellis See also:work See also:round the windows. The old See also:council-chamber is wainscoted in See also:black See also:oak, and contains a remarkable sculptured See also:chimney-piece (1545) and fine See also:wood See also:carving. The town-hall contains the municipal library, collections of See also:tapestry, portraits and antiquities, and valuable archives. See also:relating to the ' town and province. Kampen is the seat of a See also:Christian Reformed theological school, a gymnasium, a higher burgher school, a municipal school of See also:design, and a large See also:orphan-See also:age. There are few or no See also:local taxes, the municipal See also:chest being filled by the revenues derived from the fertile See also:delta-See also:land, the Kampeneiland, which is always being built up at the mouth of
the Ysel. There is a considerable, See also:trade in See also:dairy produce; and there are shipyards, rope-walks, a See also:tool factory, See also:cigar factories, See also:paper See also:mills, &c.
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