Miffy was created in 1955 after Bruna had been telling his one-year-old son Sierk stories about a little rabbit they had seen earlier in the dunes, while on holiday at Egmond aan Zee.

Other points of interest in the municipality include the aquarium in the seaside village of Bergen aan Zee, the Auto Union Museum in Bergen with a collection of classic cars, and the historical museums Het Sterkenhuis ( Bergen ) and Museum van Egmond ( Egmond aan Zee ).

The municipality of Bergen consists of the following cities, towns, villages and / or districts: Bergen, Aagtdorp, Bergen aan Zee, Bregtdorp, Camperduin, Catrijp, Egmond aan den Hoef, Egmond aan Zee, Egmond-Binnen, Groet, Hargen, Rinnegom, Schoorl, Schoorldam ( partly ), Wimmenum.

The Dutch, numbering 12, 000, were in a strong position around Langedijk, somewhat in advance of the French, who, by drawing in all detachments, had raised their field strength to 10, 000 men, who were positioned in Alkmaar, Bergen, Schoorl, and Egmond aan Zee.

Egmond aan den Hoef () is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland.

Until 2001, Egmond aan den Hoef was part of the municipality of Egmond.

In 2001 Egmond aan den Hoef had 2491 inhabitants.

The wider statistical area of Egmond aan den Hoef had a population of around 3540, which had risen to 3920 by end 2008.

In Egmond aan den Hoef are the remains of the Op den Hoef castle.

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Egmond aan Zee is a village on the North Sea coast in the Dutch province of North Holland.

Egmond aan Zee was a separate municipality until 1978, when it merged with Egmond-Binnen and Egmond aan den Hoef to form the new municipality Egmond.

The rural Dutch villages of Egmond aan Zee, Egmond aan den Hoef, and Egmond Binnen played host to a small artists ' colony beginning in 1881 when the American artist George Hitchcock settled there.

In 2001, the town of Egmond aan Zee had 5086 inhabitants.

From 1995, Egmond aan Zee has hosted the Zuiderduin Masters, a yearly major darts tournament that features players for the British Darts Organisation circuit, and formally sanctioned by the World Darts Federation.

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Egmond-Binnen was a separate municipality until 1978, when it merged with Egmond aan Zee and Egmond aan den Hoef to form the new municipality Egmond.

On 10 Vendemiaire year VIII, at the Battle of Egmond aan Zee, he has the right arm broken by a gunshot.

During his career Hendrik Bouman has appeared in duo with renowned artists: Nancy Argenta, Hajo Bäss, Brian Berryman, Max van Egmond, Reinhard Goebel, Wilbert Hazelzet, Grégoire Jeay, Matthew Jennjohn, Mireille Lagacé, Marie Leonhardt, Jaap ter Linden, Matthias Maute, Susie Napper, Heiko ter Schegget, Simon Standage, Carolyn Watkinson and Ifan Williams.

By inheritance he had been count of Egmont ( or Egmond ), prince de Gavre and van Steenhuysen, baron de Fiennes, Gaesbeke and La Hamaide, seigneur de Purmerent, Hoogwoude, Aertswoude, Beyerland, Sottenghien, Dondes, Auxy and Baer.

His son, the last Burgundian duke Charles the Bold, in 1473 annexed the Duchy of Guelders, which had been pawned by late Arnold of Egmond.

Saint Boniface ( c 680 – 750 ), Pope Gregory I ( c 540 – 604, r. 590 – 604 ), Adalbert of Egmond ( 8th century ), and priest Jeroen van Noordwijk, depicted in a 1529 painting by Jan Joostsz van Hillegom, currently on display at the Frans Hals Museum.

* Adalbert of Egmond, aka Adelbert of Egmond, ( d first half of the 8th century ), Northumbrian Anglo-Saxon missionary.

Sanders also proved that the manuscript, now in the University Library of Leiden University, was written at the end of the 11th century in the Abbey of Egmond in modern North Holland, whence the manuscript's other name Egmond Willeram.

In the late 15th century, the senior branch became the sovereign Dukes of Guelders, whilst the younger branch split into the Counts of Egmond ( elevated to become Princes of Gavere in 1553 ) and the Counts of Buren and Leerdam.

The reign of the van Horne ’ s lasted until 1568 when Philips van Montmorency together with Lamoraal van Egmond were decapitated in Brussel by Spanish noblemen.

In 1423 Guelders passed to the House of Egmond, which gained recognition of its title from Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg, but was unable to escape the political strife and internecine conflict that had so plagued the preceding House of Jülich-Hengebach, and more especially, the pressure brought to bear by the expansionist rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy.

The first Egmond Duke, Arnold, suffered the rebellion of his son Adolf and was imprisoned by the latter in 1465.

The last independent Duke of Guelders was Adolf's son Charles of Egmond ( 1467 – 1538, r1492 – 1538 ), who was raised at the Burgundian court of Charles the Bold and fought for the House of Habsburg in battles against the armies of Charles VIII of France, until being captured in the Battle of Béthune ( 1487 ) during the War of the Public Weal ( also known as the Mad War ).

Max Liebermann, for instance, painted at Barbizon, Dachau, Etzenhausen and at least six short-lived Dutch colonies ; Frederick Waugh worked in Barbizon, Concarneau, Grèz-sur-Loing, St Ives and Provincetown in the United States ; Evert Pieters was active at Barbizon, Egmond, Katwijk, Laren, Blaricum, Volendam and Oosterbeek ; Elizabeth Armstrong Forbes painted at Pont-Aven, Zandvoort, Newlyn and St Ives.

And on 21 April 1484 ( Some sources claim 14 April 1484 ) the city was given “ marktrechten ” ( the right to organise two “ jaarmarkten ” annual markets and a “ weekmarkt ” weekly market ) by Count Jan van Egmond.

In 2001, the municipality was expanded to include the former municipalities of Egmond and Schoorl.

In turn, Egmond was amalgamated into Bergen on 1 January 2001.

This best-known of the three villages of Egmond was formed in 977 in the coastal dunes.

In turn, Egmond was amalgamated into Bergen on 1 January 2001.

Col. Van Egmond ( who had just arrived ) told Mackenzie that their position was impossible to defend, but Mackenzie put a pistol to Van Egmond's head.

A statue of Lamoral, Count of Egmont | Lamoraal stands in the middle of the old moat and behind him the Protestant church can be seen that was built just outside the moat of what's left of the old castle Egmond.

His castle in Egmond aan den Hoef was destroyed in 1573 and a statue in his memory is erected on the site of the ruins.

Nowadays, a statue erected on the Petit Sablon / Kleine Zavel Square in Brussels commemorates the Counts of Egmont and Horn, in historical overview usually mentioned together as " Egmond en Hoorne " and hailed as the first leaders of the Dutch revolt, as the predecessors of William of Orange, who grew to importance and obtained the leadership after their execution, and who was assassinated in 1584 in Delft, having succeeded in liberating parts of The Netherlands in the early years of the Eighty Years ' War ( 1568 – 1648 ).

Charles of Egmond ( 9 November 1467 in Grave, North Brabant – 30 June 1538 in Arnhem ) was Duke of Guelders and Count of Zutphen between 1492 and his death.