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Harderwijk

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Gelderland, Netherlands
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About Harderwijk

Harderwijk is a municipality and town almost at the exact geographical centre of the Netherlands. It is served by using the Harderwijk railway station. Its populace centres are Harderwijk and Hierden. Harderwijk is on the western boundary of the Veluwe. The southeastern half of the municipality is basically forests. Harderwijk acquired town rights from Count Otto II of Guelders in 1231. A protective wall surrounding the metropolis became completed by the give up of that century. The oldest part of the city is near wherein the streets Hoogstraat and Grote Poortstraat now are.

Around 1315 the town was extended southwards, which included the construction of what is now referred to as the Grote Kerk. A 2nd, northward growth took place round 1425. Particularly along the west facet of town, plenty of the wall nevertheless exists but regularly no longer in completely authentic form. That also is going for the handiest final town gate, the Vischpoort. Between 1648 and 1811, the University of Harderwijk operated in the city. The Swedish botanist, doctor and zoologist, Carl Linnaeus graduated at this college. The college, collectively with the colleges of Zutphen and Franeker, was abolished with the aid of Napoleon.

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