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Buren is a town and municipality in the Betuwe region of the Netherlands. The name originated from the word the Dutch word “buren”, which means neighbour.
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 but had limited economic influence due to its geographic isolation. By 1574, the previously Catholic parish church of Saint-Lambert became Calvinist Reformed Protestant.
The Castle eventually came into the possession of the House of Orange, the royal family of the Netherlands. The Dutch royal family has been known to use the name van Buren as an alias to give themselves some degree of anonymity. William III of England obtained the title Buren. The Dutch royal family, still use this as a title. The Castle was gradually demolished between 1804 and 1883. The eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren, traced his ancestry to inhabitants of the city, who had taken the surname Van Buren after relocating to the Dutch colony of New Netherland in what is now the state of New York.
Geography Trivia
1. Alaska is the northernmost, westernmost AND easternmost
state.
It’s not hard to imagine Alaska being the northernmost and
westernmost state in the US. Surprisingly, however, Alaska is
also the easternmost. Parts of Alaska stretch so far west that
they actually reach the Eastern Hemisphere.
You come to see the sea, and the sea makes you jump with glee, and then as you frolic and become carefree, it suddenly makes you flee, and even then you marvel at its beauty. Sigh, to force such a horrendous rhyme, ought to be a not a small crime, or maybe not, if I promise not to do it all the time.
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