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ROERMOND

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 452 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROERMOND , a See also:

town in the See also:province of Lirnburg, See also:Holland, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Maas at the confluence of the Roer, and a junction station 28 m. by See also:rail N.N.E. of See also:Maastricht. Pop. (1900) 12,348. The old fortifications have been dismantled and partly converted into See also:fine promenades. At this point the Maas is crossed by a See also:bridge erected in 1866—67, and the Roer by one dating from 1771, replacing an older structure, and connecting Roermond with the suburb of St See also:Jacob. Roermond is the seat of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic episcopal see. The finest See also:building in the town is the Romanesque See also:minster See also:church of the first See also:quarter of the 13th See also:century. In the See also:middle of the See also:nave is the See also:tomb of See also:Gerhard III., See also:count of See also:Gelderland, and his wife See also:Margaret of See also:Brabant. It was formerly the church of a Cistercian nunnery, and in See also:modern times has been elaborately restored. The See also:cathedral of St See also:Christopher is also of See also:note; on the See also:top of the See also:tower (246 ft.) is a See also:copper statue of the See also:saint, and the interior is adorned with paintings by See also:Rubens, Jacob de Wit (1695-1754) and others. The Reformed church was once the See also:chapel of the monastery of the Minorites. There is also a Redemptorist chapel.

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bishop's See also:palace is now the courthouse, and the old See also:Jesuits' monastery with its fine gardens a higher-burgher school. Woollen, See also:cotton, See also:silk and mixed stuffs, See also:paper, See also:flour and See also:beer are manufactured at Roermond. See also:Close to Roermond on the See also:west is the See also:village of See also:Horn, once the seat of a lordship of the same name, which is first mentioned in a document of 1166. The lordship of Horn was a See also:fief of the See also:counts of Loon, and after 1361 of the bishop of See also:Liege; but in 1450 it was raised to a countship by the See also:Emperor See also:Frederick II. On the extinction of the See also:house of Horn in 1540, the countship passed to the famous See also:Philip of See also:Montmorency, who, with the count of See also:Egmont, was executed in See also:Brussels in 1568 by See also:order of the See also:duke of See also:Alva. In the beginning of the next century the countship was forcibly retained by the see of Liege, and was incorporated in the See also:French See also:department of the See also:Lower Maas at the end of the 18th century. The See also:ancient See also:castle is in an excellent See also:state of preservation and is sometimes used for the See also:assembly of the states.

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