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LEEUWARDEN , the See also:capital of the See also:province of See also:Friesland, 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:canal between See also:Harlingen and See also:Groningen, 33 M. by See also:rail W. of Groningen. Pop (Igor) 32,203. It is one of the most prosperous towns in the See also:country. To the name of the Frisian See also:Hague, it is entitled as well by similarity of See also:history as by similarity of See also:appearance. As the Hague See also:grew up See also:round the See also:court of the See also:counts of Holland, so Leeuwarden round the
' See also:Tusser, in his See also:verse for the See also:month of See also:March, writes:
" Now leckes are in See also:season, for pottage ful See also:good,
And spareth the milck cow, and purgeth the See also:blood, These hauving with peason, for pottage in See also:- LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")
Lent,
See also:Thou spareth both otelnel and See also:bread to be spent."
court of the Frisian stadtholders; and, like the Hague, it is an exceptionally clean and attractive See also:town, with parks, See also:pleasure grounds, and drives. The old See also:gates have been somewhat ruthlessly cleared away, and the site of the town walls on the See also:north and See also:west competes with the See also:park called the See also:Prince's See also:Garden as a public pleasure ground. The Prince's Garden was originally laid out by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Frederick of See also:Nassau in 1648, and was presented to the town by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King William I. in 1819. The royal See also:palace, which was the seat of the Frisian court from 1603 to 1747, is now the See also:residence of the royal See also:commissioner for Friesland. It was restored in 1816 and contains a portrait See also:gallery of the Frisian stadtholders. The See also:fine See also:mansion called the Kanselary was begun in 1502 as a residence for the See also:chancellor of See also:George of See also:Saxony (1539), See also:governor of Friesland, butrwas only completed in 1571 and served as a court See also:house until 1811. It was restored at the end of the 19th See also:century to contain the important provincial library and See also:national archives. Other noteworthy buildings are the picturesque weigh-house (1595), the 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 (1715), the provincial courts (1850), and the See also:great 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 of St See also:Jacob, once the church of the See also:Jacobins, and the largest monastic church in the See also:Netherlands. The splendid tombs of the Frisian stadtholders buried here (See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis of Nassau, See also:Anne of See also:Orange, and others) were destroyed in the revolution 1795. The unfinished See also:tower of Oldehove See also:dates from 1529–1J32. The museum of the Frisian Society is of See also:modern See also:foundation and contains a collection of provincial antiquities, including two rooms from Hindeloopen, an See also:ancient See also:village of Friesland, some 16th-and 17th-century portraits, some Frisian See also:works in See also:silver of the 17th and 18th centuries, and a collection of See also:porcelain and See also:faience.
Leeuwarden is the centre of a flourishing See also:trade, being easily accessible from all parts of the province by road, rail and canal. The See also:chief business is in stock of every See also:kind, See also:dairy and agricultural produce and fresh-See also:water See also:fish, a large quantity of which is exported to See also:France. The See also:industries include See also:boat-See also:building and See also:timber yards, See also:iron-foundries, See also:copper and See also:lead works, See also:furniture, See also:organ, See also:tobacco and other factories, and the manufacture of See also:gold and silver wares. The town is first mentioned in documents of the 13th century.
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