Arnhem

Arnhem
/ahrn"hem, ahr"neuhm/, n.
a city in the central Netherlands, on the Rhine River: World War II battle 1944. 128,717.

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German  Arnheim,  

      gemeente (municipality), eastern Netherlands, on the north bank of the Lower Rhine (Neder Rijn) River. Possibly the site of the Roman settlement of Arenacum, it was first mentioned in 893. Chartered and fortified in 1233 by Otto II, count of Geldern, it joined the Hanseatic League in 1443. As the residence of the dukes of Geldern, it was often attacked by their Burgundian rivals and in 1543 fell to Charles V, who made it the seat of the Council of Gelderland. It came under the United Netherlands in 1585, and the following year Sir Philip Sidney (Sidney, Sir Philip), the English poet, statesman, and soldier, died there after being wounded in the battle of Zutphen. Seized and dismantled by the French in 1672, Arnhem was refortified in the 18th century only to fall again to the French in 1793. Occupied by the Germans during World War II, it was the object of a heroic but unsuccessful attempt by British and Polish airborne troops to secure the Rhine bridges in September 1944. A British war memorial, cemetery, and museum in the suburb of Oosterbeek commemorate the battle.

      Arnhem is a tourist centre and an industrial town. Industries include metallurgy, shipbuilding, and the manufacture of textiles, leather goods, electrical equipment, and chemicals.

      Notable landmarks include a town hall (c. 1540), the Roman Catholic church of St. Walburgis (1422), the 15th-century Protestant Grote Kerk (St. Eusebius), and the modern provincial government house. The town has a municipal museum, and the aquarium and fish ponds of The Netherlands Society for Improving Moorland are in Sonsbeek Park. The Netherlands Open-Air Museum (1912), Hoge Veluwe National Park, Zuidelijke Veluwezoom National Park, and the Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller (one of the major art collections in The Netherlands) are nearby. Pop. (2007 est.) mun., 142,569; urban agglom., 348,395.

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