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    The Alblasserwaard (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑlblɑsərˌʋaːrt]) is a polder in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is mainly known for the windmills...
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    about 15 km (9 miles) east of Rotterdam. Kinderdijk is situated in the Alblasserwaard polder at the confluence of the Lek and Noord rivers. To drain the polder...
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    Kinderdijk windmills (category Alblasserwaard)
    Kinderdijk windmills are a group of 19 monumental windmills in the Alblasserwaard polder, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Most of the mills...
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    E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Achterhoek (Gelderland) Alblasserwaard (South Holland) Ameland (Friesland) Amstelland (North Holland) Amsterdam...
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    dialects gradually become Brabantian respectively Kleverlandish. Utrechts-Alblasserwaards, spoken in the area immediately east of the coastal districts, is considered...
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    situated on the southern shores of the Lek River, in the north-west of the Alblasserwaard. The town's name evolved slightly over time: in 1280 Leckerlant, in...
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    western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, and the region of Alblasserwaard. The former municipality had a population of 9,810 in 2006, and covered...
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    western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, and the region of Alblasserwaard. The former municipality had a population of 9,697 in 2004, and covered...
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    North Holland and Utrecht. Other regions in South Holland include Alblasserwaard, Gouwestreek ("The Gouwe Area"), Hoeksche Waard, Krimpenerwaard, Rijnland...
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    etymologisch woordenboek, J. de Vries, Leiden, 1997, 4th Ed., ISBN 90-04-08392-8, p. 133 Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Alblasserwaard-Drechtsteden....
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  • as a joiner's shop in 1869 in Groot-Ammers - a rural village in the Alblasserwaard region to the east of Rotterdam. At the end of the 19th century, Adam's...
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    Kumamoto Prefectures Rusnė Island Achtermeer, the oldest polder, from 1533 Alblasserwaard, containing the windmills of Kinderdijk, a World Heritage Site Alkmaar...
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    biked over the Maas and Waal bridges and then turned left through the Alblasserwaard when it was decided in the afternoon to let it counterattack the German...
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    Philipsland, Goeree-Overflakkee, the Hoeksche Waard, Voorne-Putten and Alblasserwaard. Parts of the islands of Zuid-Beveland, Noord-Beveland, IJsselmonde...
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    Noord (river) (category Alblasserwaard)
    on the tides. The Noord River separates IJsselmonde island from the Alblasserwaard mainland to the east. There are two connections between them: The bridge...
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  • Haarlem 14,000 1820 Holland This flood inundated large parts of the Alblasserwaard, after a number of dike breaches. Also the lock between the Linge and...
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    the island of Dordrecht on the southeast by the Oude Maas from the Alblasserwaard mainland on the east by river Noord IJsselmonde consists of the following...
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    Railways) [1] Qbuzz, the city bus company of Dordrecht, also serving Alblasserwaard, Drechtsteden and Vijfheerenlanden, and also operating the train to...
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  • contracts in 2005 in Drenthe and Waterland and later in the Drechtsteden, Alblasserwaard, Rivierenland, Meierij, Oost-Brabant, and Vijfheerenlanden areas. During...
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    Hollandic (transitional between Brabantian and Hollandic) Utrechts-Alblasserwaards Hollandic (Hollands) (in historical Holland, Holland Province) (name...
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    Hardinxveld-Giessendam (category Alblasserwaard)
    present. The village Hardinxveld is one of the oldest settlements of the Alblasserwaard. It is known that in 1105 a priest was present here, and therefore a...
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    Zaans Waterlandic Amsterdams Strand-Hollands Haags Rotterdams Utrechts-Alblasserwaards Westhoeks Kleverlandish Rivierenlands Liemers Nijmeegs North Limburgian...
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    east, and North Brabant to the south. On its western border is the Alblasserwaard, an area in South Holland, and on its eastern border the Tielerwaard [nl]...
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    Gorinchem (category Alblasserwaard)
    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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    Papendrecht (category Alblasserwaard)
    Papendrecht (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpaːpə(n)drɛxt] ) is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, at the crossing...
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    municipalities ranging from Zeeland in the South via Goeree-Overflakkee and the Alblasserwaard in South Holland and the Veluwe in Gelderland to the Western part of...
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    tourers. The grassy polders of the Krimpenerwaard, Lopikerwaard and Alblasserwaard surrounding the town of Schoonhoven are home to a magnificent variety...
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    Alblasserdam (category Alblasserwaard)
    brought it negative consequences. For example, between 1350 and 1821, the Alblasserwaard polder flooded 32 times. During World War I, mayor Simon Berman and...
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  • race Omloop Alblasserwaard, which Wallaard won in 1999, was renamed the Arno Wallaard Memorial in honor of him. 1999 1st Omloop Alblasserwaard 2001 1st Road...
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    Hoornaar is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland, in the Alblasserwaard, north of the river Merwede and south of the river Lek. It is a part of...
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