Arnhem on the Lower Rhine

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Sonsbeek House © Michielverbeek

Sonsbeek House © Michielverbeek

Arnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city’s development. Arnhem has almost 150,000 residents as one of the larger cities of the Netherlands. The municipality is part of the city region Arnhem-Nijmegen, a metropolitan area with 736,000 inhabitants. Arnhem is home to the Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen and ArtEZ Institute of the Arts.

The city of Arnhem had its real origins in 1233 when Otto II, count of Guelders from Zutphen, conferred city rights on the town, which had belonged to the abbey of Prüm, settled in, and fortified it. Arnhem entered the Hanseatic League in 1443. In 1473, it was captured by Charles the Bold of Burgundy. In 1514, Charles of Egmond, duke of Guelders, took it from the dukes of Burgundy; in 1543, it fell to the emperor Charles V. As capital of the so-called “Kwartier van Veluwe” it joined the Union of Utrecht in 1579 and became part of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces of the Netherlands in 1585. The French occupied the town 1672–74; from 1795 to 1813, it was reoccupied by the French, by both revolutionary and imperial forces. In the early 19th century, the former fortifications were almost completely dismantled, to give space for town expansion. The Sabelspoort (Sabresgate) is the only remaining part of the medieval walls.

Fashion Centre Klarendal © Michielverbeek The John Frost Bridge, seen from the memorial © Vincentman533 Street view of Zijpendaalseweg near Willemstunnel © Michielverbeek St Eusebius Church © AlterVista Gelredome Sports Stadium and Event Hall © Martin van Dalen Arnhem with the Nederrijn river (Lower Rhine) © Mackensen Arnhem with the Nederrijn river (Lower Rhine) at night © Robert221 Sonsbeek House © Michielverbeek
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Street view of Zijpendaalseweg near Willemstunnel © Michielverbeek
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