Groningen
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Groningen is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The capital of the north, Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of the country; as of December 2021, it had 235,287 inhabitants, making it the sixth largest city/municipality in the Netherlands and the second largest outside the Randstad.
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Image: Stadsschouwburg Groningen
Image: Groningen, Korenbeurs foto 2 2009 06 28 10.27
Siege of Groningen (1594)
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The siege of Groningen was a two-month siege which commenced on 19 May 1594, and which took place during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War. The Spanish-held city of Groningen was besieged by a Dutch and English army led by Prince Maurice of Orange. The Spanish surrendered the city on 22 July, after a failed relief attempt by the Count of Fuentes.
Print by Hugo Grotius
Maurice of Orange by Daniël van den Queborn
Siege of Groningen 1594 by Jan Janssonius
A golden coin celebrating the capture of Groningen and the Restoration of the Seven Provinces