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    Gorinchem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣɔrkʏm] or [ˈɣɔrkəm]), also spelled Gorkum, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of...
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  • The Treaty of Gorinchem was signed in Gorinchem on 20 October 1528 between Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Duke Charles of Guelders during the Guelders...
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    Kasteel de Blauwe Toren) was a castle with an imposing stone keep in Gorinchem, the Netherlands. It was a princely residence of Charles the Bold, Duke...
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    Hendrick Hamel (category People from Gorinchem)
    monuments exist to him in both countries. Hendrick Hamel was born in 1630 in Gorinchem, Netherlands. Little is known of his early life. In 1650, he sailed to...
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  • Henry of Gorkum (c. 1378 – February 19, 1431) was a Dutch theologian known for his commentaries on St. Thomas Aquinas and his defense of Thomism. Henry...
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    The Martyrs of Gorkum (Dutch: Martelaren van Gorcum) were a group of 19 Dutch Catholic clerics, secular and religious, who were hanged on 9 July 1572 in...
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  • Goba Gorinchem is a Dutch basketball club based in Gorinchem. Established on 1 May 1970, the team played three seasons in the Eredivisie, the highest...
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    allowed to return to his office of sheriff of Gorinchem. Strife and conflict in the city of Gorinchem continued after His return, which ultimately resulted...
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    Ferry near Gorinchem is a mid 17th century painting by Dutch artist Salomon van Ruysdael. Done in oil on canvas, the work depicts a riverside embankment...
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    Damen Group (category Gorinchem)
    defence, shipbuilding, and engineering conglomerate company based in Gorinchem, Netherlands. Though it is a major international group doing business...
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  • The Barneveldse Krant is a local daily newspaper in the Netherlands. It is printed, published, and distributed by Royal BDU in Barneveld. The newspaper...
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    part of the municipality of Molenlanden, it lies about 3 km north of Gorinchem. Arkel is a former municipality; in 1986 it became part of Giessenlanden...
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    zone was also known as the Loenen time or Gorinchem time, as this was the exact time in both Loenen and Gorinchem. At noon in Amsterdam, it was 11:40 in...
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    Gorinchem is a railway station in the town of Gorinchem, Netherlands. It is on the MerwedeLingelijn. It was opened on 1 December 1883. Train services...
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    Dordrecht Stadspolders and Hardinxveld-Giessendam on the line Dordrecht-Gorinchem. "Beneden-Merwede" (in Dutch). Rijkswaterstaat. Archived from the original...
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  • skyscraper in Dubai the Blåtårn in Copenhagen the former Blue Tower (Gorinchem) castle in Gorinchem the Blue Condominium in New York This disambiguation page lists...
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    of Niagara The Farm at Les Collettes, Cagnes Femme Lisant Ferry near Gorinchem The Fingernail Test Fish Market (Joachim Beuckelaer) The Fishing Boat...
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    September 1839 Leiden, Netherlands Died 11 April 1915(1915-04-11) (aged 75) Gorinchem, Netherlands Other names "Goeie Mie" Criminal details Motive Life insurance...
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    Antwerp was opened. On 16 July 1885, the railway line from Dordrecht to Gorinchem was opened. The neo-Renaissance railway station building is located to...
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    neighborhood bus to Gorinchem through Sleeuwijk Tol, and by ferry to Boven-Hardinxveld. The bus between Utrecht and Breda, and the bus between Gorinchem and Den Bosch...
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    the harmony orchestra of the village Haaften. After graduary school in Gorinchem doing exam including music, she studied at the Rotterdam Conservatory...
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    to exhibit his work across Europe in the early 1960s before moving to Gorinchem, the Netherlands in 1970. From 1977 to 1998 he taught Concept Development...
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    chest of books that was regularly brought to him and was transported to Gorinchem. Grotius wrote most of his major works in exile in France. Grotius was...
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    at Gorinchem on 18 July 1877 and died at The Hague on 2 February 1924. She was a Dutch watercolourist, printmaker, and painter. Born in Gorinchem, Julie...
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    of Niagara The Farm at Les Collettes, Cagnes Femme Lisant Ferry near Gorinchem The Fingernail Test Fish Market (Joachim Beuckelaer) The Fishing Boat...
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    form the Boven Merwede. Along its length, Nijmegen, Tiel, Zaltbommel and Gorinchem are towns of importance with direct access to the river. The river, which...
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    today. From 1421 to 1904, the Meuse and Waal merged further upstream at Gorinchem to form Merwede. For flood protection reasons, the Meuse was separated...
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    closed in 1979. In 1923 a branch was opened in Gorinchem of the French Bazar. In 1934, the branch in Gorinchem was renovated and the name changed to Galeries...
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    Dordrecht (2 cantons), Oud-Beijerland, Ridderkerk and Strijen. Gorinchem, cantons: Culemborg, Gorinchem and Sliedrecht. Leiden, cantons: Leiden (3 cantons), Noordwijk...
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  • Damen Shipyards Gorinchem National Police Corps P45 – 2002 – Damen Stan Patrol 2506 3  Netherlands Patrol boat Damen Shipyards Gorinchem National Police...
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