Groningen

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• Groningen, Dutch City maps from Blaeu's Toonneel der Steden
  Scanned by George M. Welling
  
  
  
• From the website of Biblioteca Nationale Marciana:
  
  
  Groningen, Georg Braun, Frans Hogenberg 1575?
  
  Groningen Valegio Francesco, 1625 ?
  
  Groningen Fortress Dgen, Matthias 1647
  
  
  
• Groningen stad 1865-1870
  from J. Kuyper's Gemeente Atlas van Nederland
  
  

Located at the junction of canalized Drentsche Aa & Hunze rivers; in 1040 emperor Henry III gave it to bishops of Utrecht; developed as important commercial center & provided ships for Crusades in 12th cen.; was Hanseatic city from 1282.

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