A fishing village in the 10th century, Alkmaar (possibly meaning “all marsh,” “all sea,” “all lake,” or “auk lake”) was chartered in 1254 and was the capital of Kennemerland, an early possession of the counts of Holland.
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Rich trading place. In the year 1254, Alkmaar was granted city rights by Count Willem II of Holland. From that moment on, the town prospered. Many of the ...
Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination. The municipality has a population of 111,766 as of ...
In Alkmaar a Jewish community was present before World War II since the 17th century: small but high-spirited, with their own synagoge in the heart of the ...
The handsome tower (with chimes and moving fgures) was completed in 1599 by Cornelis P. Kunst. Alkmaar is the centre of the cheese trade in the Netherlands. On ...
A Rich history ... In the year 1254, Alkmaar received city rights from Count Willem II of Holland and from then on Alkmaar flourished. Many of the beautiful ...
The siege of Alkmaar (1573) was a turning point in the Eighty Years' War. The burghers of the Dutch city of Alkmaar held off the Spanish between 21 August ...
The history of the Jewish community of Alkmaar dates to the beginning of the seventeenth century and the purchase of a small cemetery site in the nearby ...
The extraordinary story of the Bath-Alkmaar link - rotary-ribi.org
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The link between the two communities was first established, on Bath's side, by the Rotary Club and was given support by the citizens of Bath. In Alkmaar, where ...
Alkmaar is a historic city in the Province of North Holland in the Netherlands, about 10 km inland from the coast, and 40 km north-west of Amsterdam.