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Psalter world map, ca. 1260. Jerusalem is at the centre of the map; the Red Sea can be seen coloured red at upper right of the globe. The Psalter World Map or the Map Psalter is a small mappa mundi from the 13th century, now in the British Library, found in a psalter. No other records of psalters found from the Middle Ages have a mappa mundi. [1]
Map of Echt by Jacob van Deventer, c. 1550 Echt in 1866. First recorded in the 7th century, Echt was a village, then within the County of Loon.Between 928 and 939 Gerberga of Saxony gave the estate of "Ettha" and its church to the St Servatius community in Maastricht.
It was first mentioned around 1200 as de Ettene. The etymology in clear. [4] The village started on a river dune along the Oude IJssel.The Dutch Reformed Church dates from the 15th century.
Oldest known map of Woudrichem (1545) There are several explanations for the origin of the name Woudrichem. The first and most likely explanation suggests that the place name comes from 'wald' and 'heim,' indicating a wooded area. A second explanation is that a Lord Waldrik built a house on the bank of the Waal. Over time, Woudrichem has been ...
In pre-Roman times, this was the location of the Gallic town of Catualium. [3]In 1821, the municipality of Pol en Panheel, covering the village of Panheel and the hamlet Pol, merged with Heel to form a municipality called Heel en Panheel. [4]
Beemster (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbeːmstər] ⓘ) is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The Beemster is the first polder in the Netherlands reclaimed from a lake, the water extracted by windmills between 1609 and 1612. The original well-ordered landscape of fields, roads, canals, and dykes has been ...
The east end of the IJ polders near Amsterdam was given over to industry, and a large new seaport area was constructed. The Buiten-IJ hosted the mixed dinghy sailing events for the 1928 Summer Olympics in neighboring Amsterdam. [2] [3] It also hosted two events for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. [4]
Epe (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.. The municipality has a population of 32,191 Epenezen (2015, source: CBS), and the town itself has a population of 15,552.