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Escamp
Escamp () is a district of The Hague, Netherlands, built largely after the World War II, Second World War, on the 15th century Eskamppolders. With the addition of the Vinex-location, Vinex neighbourhood Wateringse Veld, Escamp is the most populous district of the city; as of January 2013, it had 118,483 inhabitants.http://www.denhaag.buurtmonitor.nl/ Buurtmonitor Den Haag The district features one railway station: Den Haag Moerwijk railway station, Den Haag Moerwijk. Escamp consists of the following neighbourhoods: * Bouwlust & Vrederust * Leyenburg * Moerwijk & Zuiderpark * Morgenstond * Rustenburg, The Hague, Rustenburg & Oostbroek * Wateringse Veld References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, The Hague has been described as the country's de facto capital. The Hague is also the capital of the province of South Holland, and the city hosts both the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Hague is the core municipality of the Greater The Hague urban area, which comprises the city itself and its suburban municipalities, containing over 800,000 people, making it the third-largest urban area in the Netherlands, again after the urban areas of Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.6&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgenstond
Morgenstond (, literally ''Morning'' or ''Dawn'') is a ' wijk' in the south of The Hague in the Escamp 'stadsdeel'. Morgenstond was built during the early 50s and borders Bouwlust and Vrederust in the west, Leyenburg and Houtwijk in the north, Moerwijk and Zuiderpark in the east and Wateringse Veld in the south. Most streets in Morgenstond are named after places in Drenthe and Overijssel. Morgenstond used to be part of the former Loosduinen municipality, which was annexed Annexation (Latin ''ad'', to, and ''nexus'', joining), in international law, is the forcible acquisition of one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory. It is generally held to be an illegal act ... by The Hague in 1923. Morgenstond can be divided into three neighborhoods: * Morgenstond-West (Morgenstond-West) * Morgenstond-Oost (Morgenstond-East) * Morgenstond-Zuid (Morgenstond-South) References {{coord, 52, 03, N, 4, 16, E, display=title, region:NL_ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands
) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherlands , established_title2 = Act of Abjuration , established_date2 = 26 July 1581 , established_title3 = Peace of Münster , established_date3 = 30 January 1648 , established_title4 = Kingdom established , established_date4 = 16 March 1815 , established_title5 = Liberation Day (Netherlands), Liberation Day , established_date5 = 5 May 1945 , established_title6 = Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Kingdom Charter , established_date6 = 15 December 1954 , established_title7 = Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean reorganisation , established_date7 = 10 October 2010 , official_languages = Dutch language, Dutch , languages_type = Regional languages , languages_sub = yes , languages = , languages2_type = Reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinex-location
Vinex (''"Vierde Nota Ruimtelijke Ordening Extra"''; ''Fourth Memorandum on Extra Spacial Planning'') is a memorandum#poicy briefing note, policy briefing note of the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (Netherlands), Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (''Ministry of VROM'') that was released in 1991.Jelte Boeijenga, Jeroen Mensink: ''Vinex Atlas'', 010 Publishers, 200 The policy designated large outer city areas for massive new housing development. Neighbourhoods built based on the note are known as ''Vinex-wijken'' (Vinex neighbourhoods). To accommodate the increasing population of the Netherlands the Ministry of VROM determined a number of main points in the Vinex-document for the construction of new housing districts starting in 1993. New districts had to be placed near existing town centers and had to contribute to the following aims: * Endorsement of existing shopping mall, malls (increasing the potential number of customer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Den Haag Moerwijk Railway Station
Den Haag Moerwijk is a railway station in the Moerwijk district of The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands. It opened on 2 June 1996. Train services The following services stop at Den Haag Moerwijk: *4x per hour local service (''Sprinter'') The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht. The Sprinter calls only twice per hour during evenings and on weekends. Tram services Tram line 16 stops at the station, this line runs from Wateringen Wateringen is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 5 km southwest of The Hague. Until 2004 it was a separate municipality and covered an area of 8.93 km². The form ... to the city centre. External linksNS websiteDutch Public Transport journey planner Moerwijk Railway stations opened in 1996 Railway stations on the Oude Lijn {{Netherlands-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
