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Weert
Weert (; ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and city in the southeastern Netherlands located in the western part of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. It lies on the Eindhoven–Maastricht railway line, the A2 motorway (Netherlands), A2 motorway and it is also astride the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal. Population centres The city of Weert Weert received City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in 1414. Weert is known for its indoor shopping centre called "De Munt," one of the largest in the south of the Netherlands. The inner city has many squares with cosy restaurants and terraces. Many well-known shopping brands are located in the city of Weert. Furthermore, Weert is known for its large indoor and outdoor swimming complex known as "De IJzerenman," which includes slides, 5 swimming pools, and a lake. Demographics Languages * Dutch language, Dutch in Weert is often spoken with a distinctive Limburgish Accent (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weert Dialect
Weert dialect or Weert Limburgish (natively , Dutch language, Standard Dutch: ) is the dialect, city dialect and variant of Limburgish language, Limburgish spoken in the Netherlands, Dutch city of Weert alongside Dutch language, Standard Dutch. All of its speakers are bilingual with standard Dutch. There are two varieties of the dialect: rural and urban. The latter is called in Standard Dutch and in the city dialect. Van der Looij gives the Dutch name for the peripheral dialect. Unless otherwise noted, all examples are in . Influence of Standard Dutch Some dialect words are frequently replaced with their Standard Dutch counterparts, so that 'chickens', 'you' (pl.) and 'often' are often heard in place of the Limburgish words (or ), and . The voiced velar stop is used less often by younger speakers, who merge it with the voiced velar fricative . In Standard Dutch, occurs only as an allophone of before voiced stops, as in 'handkerchief' and (in the Netherlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weert Railway Station
'Weert'' is a railway station in Weert, Netherlands. The station is on the Eindhoven–Weert railway, Weert–Roermond railway and the Iron Rhine (Antwerp - Mönchengladbach). It was opened in 1879, the current building was built in 1913 and was declared national monument. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (, , NS ) is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. It is a Dutch state-owned company founded in 1938. The rail infrastructure is maintained by network manager ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003. Freight operato .... Train services The following services call at Weert: *2x per hour intercity services (Schagen -) Alkmaar - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Eindhoven - Maastricht *2x per hour intercity services Amsterdam Airport Schiphol - Utrecht - Eindhoven - Heerlen *2x per hour local services (''sprinter'') Eindhoven - Weert External linksNS website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Van Der Croon
Jan van der Croon ( 1600 – 6 November 1665), also called ''Jan della Croon'', ''Johann de la Corona'', or ''von der Cron'', was a Dutch professional soldier and military commander in Spanish and Imperial service who reached the rank of lieutenant field marshal. Rising from a common soldier to an important officer, regiment holder, and city commander during the Thirty Years' War, he continued his career after the Peace of Westphalia in the military administration of Bohemia. For many years until his death, he served as city commander of Prague and vice military commander of Bohemia, strengthening fortifications and recruiting soldiers for the Second Northern War and the Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664), Austro-Turkish War. Croon also became an ennobled landowner and patron to the Catholic church in Bohemia. He was one of the few soldiers of his time to rise to the rank of general despite non-noble descent, a characteristic he shares with cavalry general Johann von Werth with whom h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Van Heythuysen
Willem van Heythuysen (1590s – 1650), was a Dutch cloth merchant and hofje founder in Haarlem and Weert. He is best known today for his portraits by Frans Hals, though he is remembered locally for his ''Hofje van Willem Heythuijsen'' bordering Haarlemmerhout park, which has been in operation for centuries. Biography He was born in Weert, but moved to Haarlem via Cologne, where he first lived with Willem van Heuvel. He became a cloth merchant and lived in a large double house on the Oude Gracht (now called ''Gedempte Oude Gracht'') near the Verwulft. Like many other merchants of Haarlem, he owned a summer house along the Spaarne river, facing the Haarlemmerhout park. His neighbor there on the grounds of Spaar en Hout, was Zacharias Hooftman, an Amsterdam merchant who lived in the winter on the Herengracht. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
