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Nijmegen, on the south bank of the river Waal — the largest of the two initial distributaries of the Rhine (Rijn) as it becomes delta — is a mere few kilometers from where the river enters The Netherlands from Germany and splits. At a hundred feet [32 m] in elevation, the city stands well above the delta flatland — which is why Nijmegen has a long history. The Romans moved in, amongst the Batavians. Nijmegen became an important Roman trading and a military outpost, and an official city at the extent of the empire — the northern extent of which was the great rivers. |
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The principal city on the northern border...
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Statistical boundary, Catholic in the south and Protestant in the north....
Logistical problem: a new bike-path overlooking an area where people would like to be discreet... |
City archivist from 1946 to 1957, he contradicted popular local ideas about regional history....
Nijmegen is the oldest city in The Netherlands — with an asterisk....
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