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    Rolduc is the name of a medieval abbey located on the edge of the town of Kerkrade in the far south-east of the Netherlands. It is today a Roman Catholic...
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    duchy of Brabant took control over the region; in French it was called Rolduc (Rode-le-duc). As is the case for many parts of the Southern Netherlands...
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    accompanied the Emperor Frederick II into Italy. Returning from there, he died in Rolduc. Waleran married as his first wife, Cunigunda of Lorraine, daughter of Frederick...
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    Canterbury Cathedral, England Crypt of Worcester Cathedral, England Crypt of Rolduc Abbey, Kerkrade Netherlands Crypt of St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium...
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    found in a document dating from 1108, ceding the territory to the Abbey of Rolduc. Politically, Genk belonged to the County of Loon until it was annexed by...
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    the Duchy of Brabant took control of the region; in French it was called Rolduc (Rode-le-Duc). As is the case for many parts of Duchy of Brabant, Herzogenrath...
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    Heerlen, Malines-sur-Meuse, Maastricht (2 cantons), Meerssen, Oirsbeek, Rolduc and Tongres. Hasselt: Béringue, Looz, Hasselt, Herck-la-Ville, Peer and...
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    Aldeneik, Herkenrode, Averbode, Munsterbilzen, Susteren, Sint Odiliënberg, Rolduc, Burtscheid, Kornelimünster, Stavelot, Nivelles, Aulne, Floreffe, Flône...
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    walls of more than 20 churches in the Rhineland region. The interiors of Rolduc Abbey near Kerkrade, Netherlands are considered his masterpiece. Many of...
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  • reports on some of the poster displays. The 16th Congress took place in Rolduc in the Netherlands from 25–31 August 1995. There was a long gap due to the...
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    Metropolitan Museum of Art Rococo C and S-shaped volutes in the library of Rolduc, Kerkrade, Germany, by Joseph Moretti, 18th century Māori volutes on a canoe...
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    lordships such as Slenaken, and Wittem and the lordships of Dalhem and Rolduc ('s-Hertogenrade), today in the Dutch province of Limburg, which came under...
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    has taken place since the 16th century. Near the Augustinian Abbey of Rolduc, coal was found very close to the surface. The abbey owned the coal, and...
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    the heart of the Orlando Festival has been in Abbey Hotel and Conference Rolduc in Kerkrade, where all participants stay, and where the afternoon concerts...
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    in internal medicine. He studied for the priesthood at the seminary of Rolduc in Kerkrade. Beginning in 1979 he combined his theological formation with...
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    Protestant province in the north of the Netherlands. In 1910 he was sent to the Rolduc boarding school in Kerkrade in the Catholic province of Limburg for his...
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    venues such as the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Washington, D.C. and Rolduc Abbey in the Netherlands among many others. She has performed with various...
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    in the name of the duke. Together with the Land of Valkenburg [nl] and Rolduc, Dalhem was henceforth referred to in the official documents as the 'Lands...
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  • matrona uxor ducis Walrami de Lemburg’ to Rolduc Abbey, which records the presence at her burial in Rolduc of ‘… Arnoldus quoque filius Ruberti comitis...
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    dated 1108 in which Otbert, Prince-Bishop of Luik reported to the abbey of Rolduc about "income from the churches of Riemst, Genk, As and Gellik". Niel was...
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    Beltjens studied at the Bisschoppelijk College Sittard (1842-1843) and then in Rolduc (1845). He wrote in the French language. Beltjens also lived in France for...
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  • Lilbosch Abbey, Echt Middelburg Abbey, Middelburg Rijnsburg Abbey, Rijnsburg Rolduc Abbey, Kerkrade Ruinen Abbey, Ruinen Sion Abbey, Diepenveen Stavoren Abbey...
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    Sint-Truiden, the abbey of Aldeneik, the abbey of Susteren, and the abbey Rolduc, one of the most important monasteries in the Dutch-speaking part of the...
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    Maastricht. His first important design was the design for the library at the Rolduc in the rococo style. He also designed the west chapel of the Aachen Cathedral...
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    Hubertina Linskens. He studied philosophy at the Bisschoppelijk College of Rolduc (1874–1880), theology at Roermond Seminary (1880–1884) and jurisprudence...
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    known for centuries (coal had been dug up since the 13th century around Rolduc), but efficient transportation was lacking. In 1886 Henri Sarolea had the...
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    Religious life was ubiquitous in medieval society. Important abbeys such Rolduc, Susteren, Sint Odiliënberg and Egmond were highly influential in the countryside...
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    secondary education in his home town, he studied for the priesthood in Rolduc. In 1935, however, he interrupted his theological training to study law...
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  • to become part of bigger cantons. Simpelveld became part of the canton Rolduc. Within the canton it was allowed to choose its own agent municipal and...
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    (missionary). Peter Savelberg attended school in Heerlen and after that at Rolduc (1843 to 1845). Leaving his brother Balthasar Savelberg, who was in charge...
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