Buren (other)
Buren refers to both a municipality and a town in the Betuwe region of the Netherlands. Buren may also refer to: * Buren, Friesland * County of Buren See also * Van Buren (other) * Beuren (other) * Büren (other) * Burren (other) Burren can refer to: *The Burren, an area dominated by karst landscape, in County Clare, Ireland *Burren National Park, the national park in County Clare, Ireland *Burren (barony), an historical administrative division of County Clare, Ireland *Burr ...

Buren
Buren () is a town and municipality in the Betuwe region of the Netherlands. Buren has 27,168 inhabitants as of 1 January 2022. Geography Buren is located in Gelderland, a province of the Netherlands. It is part of the landscape of Betuwe, a very fertile strip of land between two branches of Rhine-Meuse Delta, the Nederrijn in the north and the Waal in the south. Population Centers Population centers include: History The earliest known settlement of the region occurred as early as 772. The castle was built by the Lords of Buren and was first mentioned in 1298. The town was granted city rights in 1395 by Sir Alard IV of Buren which led to the construction of a defensive wall and a moat, significant portions of which still stand. In 1492, the region was promoted to a county (i.e. a territory ruled by a count) but had limited economic influence due to its geographic isolation. By 1574, the previously Catholic parish church of Saint-Lambert ( nl, Sint Lambertus) became Calvin ...
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Buren, Friesland
Buren is the easternmost village on the island of Ameland, one of the West Frisian Islands and part of the Netherlands. Buren had, as of January 2017, a population of 715. History The village was first mentioned in the late 11th century as Buren, and means neighbourhood. Buren developed in the Late Middle Ages around a village square. It was originally a Catholic village. Buren was home to 147 people in 1840. ''Rixt van het Oerd'' Buren is also home to the infamous legend of the witch ''Rixt van het Oerd'' (e.g. Rixt of Oerd). This old lady would tie a lantern on a cow who she would chase into the dunes. She would hope for a ship to mistake the cow for a lighthouse, thinking it was a safe haven. Instead the ship would run aground on the sand bars along the coastline, leaving its cargo for her to pick up from the beach. One day in a heavy storm, she practiced her reckless way of making extra money and encountered the dead body of a drowned sailor. As she came closer she realized ...
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County Of Buren
The Buren County was a territory situated in what is now the Dutch province of Gelderland. It was an independent county until the establishment of the Batavian Republic in 1795. Although it was not formally part of the United Provinces, in practice it was governed by it. Lordship of Buren The Lordship of Buren was a result of the division of the county of Teisterbant in 994. The manor was owned by the van Buren family. Their coat of arms was also the Lordship's and the city's ones. The lordship's original fortress' Buren received city rights in 1395 by the knights Allard, Asch and Erichem; but through the acquisition, war and marriage, a number of villages were grown, including Beusichem, Zoelmond, Buurmalsen and Tricht. By this marriages policy, in 1472 the lordship's ownership went to the House of Egmond. County Buren was elevated to a county in 1498 by Emperor Maximilian of Austria. Later Charles V wanted to raise Buren to a duchy, but Maximilian of Egmond replied: "I'd ...
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Van Buren (other)
Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) was the president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Van Buren may also refer to: People *Van Buren (surname) Places United States * Van Buren, Arkansas * Van Buren, Louisiana * Van Buren, Indiana * Van Buren, Maine, a New England town ** Van Buren (CDP), Maine, the main village in the town * Van Buren, Missouri * Van Buren, New York * Van Buren, Ohio * Van Buren, Tennessee * Van Buren, Wisconsin * Van Buren Lake, a lake in Ohio * Van Buren County (other) * Van Buren Township (other) Buildings * Van Buren, Martin, National Historic Site, United States Law * ''Van Buren v. United States'', a United States Supreme Court case Ships * , United States Navy ships of the name * USS Van Buren (1839), USS ''Van Buren'' (1839), a schooner that served in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service and U.S. Navy * USS Van Buren (PF-42), USS ''Van Buren'' (PF-42), U.S. Navy frigate * USS John J. Van Buren (DE-753), USS ''John J. Van Buren'' ...
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Beuren (other)
Beuren may refer to: *Beuren, Esslingen, a municipality in the district of Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany *Beuren, Cochem-Zell, a municipality in the district Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * Beuren, Trier-Saarburg, a municipality in the district Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany See also * * * Van Beuren Van Beuren () is a Dutch surname. The word ''van'' is equivalent to the English "of" and the German ''von'', hence it usually is not capitalized in names. The similar name, Buren, is a city or estate in the Netherlands which was ruled by the Egmond ...

Büren (other)
Büren may refer to the following places: Germany * Büren, Westphalia, a town near Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia *Büren, a village in the municipality of Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia *Büren, a village in the municipality of Neustadt am Rübenberge, Lower Saxony Switzerland * Büren, Aargau, part of Gansingen in the canton of Aargau *Büren nid dem Bach, in the canton of Nidwalden *Büren ob dem Bach, in the Canton of Nidwalden] *Büren, Solothurn, in the canton of Solothurn *Büren District, a former district in the canton of Bern *Büren an der Aare in the canton of Bern *Büren zum Hof, in the canton of Bern *Büron, in the canton of Lucerne Mongolia *Büren, Töv, a sum in Töv Province See also *Buren (other) *Bühren, a municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany *Beuren (other) Beuren may refer to: *Beuren, Esslingen, a municipality in the district of Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany *Beuren, Cochem-Zell, a municipality in the district Cochem- ...
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