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MEDEMBLIK

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 19 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MEDEMBLIK , a seaport of See also:

Holland, on the Zuider Zee, the See also:terminus of a See also:branch railway from See also:Hoorn, 102 m. S. Pop. (1903), 3012. Once the See also:capital of See also:West See also:Friesland and a prosperous See also:town, many of its streets and quays are now deserted, though the docks and basins constructed at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th centuries could still afford excellent See also:accommodation for many See also:ships. See also:Close to the See also:harbour entrance stands the See also:castle built by Florens V., See also:count of Holland, in 1285. It has been restored, and is used as a See also:court of See also:justice. The West See also:church, formerly called after St See also:Boniface, the apostle of See also:Germany, was once the richest in Friesland, and belonged from an See also:early date to the See also:cathedral See also:chapter at See also:Utrecht, where, until the See also:Reformation, the pastor of Medemblik had a seat in the cathedral. It contains the See also:tomb of See also:Lord See also:George See also:Murray (q.v.). Among the public buildings are the town-See also:hall (17th See also:century), weigh-See also:house, orphanage, the old See also:almshouse, the house (1613) of the See also:Water Commissioners, and a large See also:building formerly belonging to the See also:admiralty and now used as a See also:state lunatic See also:asylum. There are many interesting See also:brick houses, dating chiefly from the first See also:half of the 17th century, with curious gables and picturesque ornamentation, carvings and See also:inscriptions.

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