However, by the late 14th century, these low-boarded vessels were at a disadvantage against newer, taller vessels – when the Victual Brothers, in the employee of the Hansa, attacked Bergen in the autumn of 1393, the " great ships " of the pirates could not be boarded by the Norwegian levy ships called out by Margaret I of Denmark and the raiders were able to sack the town with impunity.

* Bergen ( town )

Bergen () () is a municipality and a town in the southeastern Netherlands.

The town of Bergen () lies about 28 km north of Venlo, close to the river Meuse.

Bergen () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

North of the town of Bergen are the Schoorlse Duinen, a nature area with the highest and widest dunes of the Netherlands, which reach about 59m ( 195 ft ) above sealevel, and are more than wide in some places.

The town of Bergen developed around a chapel and is mentioned as far back as the tenth century.

New Jersey Transit's Bergen County Line also travels through Elmwood Park, but does not have a station stop in the town, with the nearest stations being the Radburn and Broadway stations in Fair Lawn.

During the colonial era, the town was the site of an important ferry crossing between the region's towns at Bergen and Hackensack, which was operated by rope on the site starting in 1659, continuing until 1826 when it was replaced by a bridge on the Bergen Turnpike.

The Northern Branch Corridor Project, a proposal by New Jersey Transit to extend the Hudson Bergen Light Rail from its current terminus northward to two stations in Tenafly, the last of which would be a terminus near the Cresskill town line, has been met with mixed reactions.

Guttenberg was formed as a town on March 9, 1859, from portions of North Bergen Township.

The British granted Bergen a new town charter in 1668.

These same Dutch also built a town of New Milford in eastern Bergen County.

The town was incorporated in 1820 from part of the town of Bergen.

The town was created by a mandate of the New York State Legislature in 1813 to break up the west part of the county into three new towns named Bergen, Sweden and Murray.

Hillcrest is located on the eastern edge of the town of Ramapo, approximately midway between the town of Haverstraw to the north and the New Jersey border ( Bergen County ) to the south.

Its history has featured the founding of the first colony in Bergen County, contribution to the Revolutionary War, a period as a " sleepy, pastoral little town " with resort hotels in the 19th century ; industrialization in the early 20th century and a transition to a rapidly growing residential community in the late 20th century.

Plans for an extension of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail through the town called the Northern Branch Corridor Project along the Northern Branch right-of-way call for a stop near the county line in North Bergen at 91st Street.

The census-designated places of St. Peter and Taycheedah and the unincorporated communities of Bergen Beach, Gladstone Beach, Hopokoekau Beach, Linden Beach, Minawa Beach, Peebles, Silica, and Welling Beach are located in the town.

He is a Craig's wife who agonizes about tobacco ash on the living room rug and he is a forgetful genius who goes boating with the town baker when dignitaries from the local university have come to call.

This land is in various stages of development in several locations throughout the town.

If they are to be commended for foresight in their planning, what then is the judgment of a town council that compounds this problem during the planning stage??

The `` fruitful course '' of metropolitanization that you recommend is currently practiced by the town of East Greenwich and had its inception long before we learned what it was called.

Rhode Island law specifies that all real estate is taxable in the town in which it is situated.

Although a similar situs for tangible property is mentioned in the statute, this is cancelled out by the provision that definite kinds of property `` and all other tangible property '' situated or being in any town is taxable where the property is situated.

The Smithfield tax assessor, in turn, claims the tax under the provision of law `` and all other tangible personal property situated or being in any town, in or upon any place of storage shall be taxed to such person in the town where said property is situated ''.

Eighteen voted for assessment by the town in which it is located and eleven preferred assessment by the town in which the owner resides.

To summarize, it may be said that there is no one prevailing practice in Rhode Island with respect to the taxation of movable property, that assessors would like to see an improvement, and of those who have an opinion, that assessment by the town of location is preferred on the basis of their present knowledge.

It should be kept in mind that the ease or difficulty with which a town or city can convert to the proposed plan is directly dependent upon the financial condition of that town or city.

Another spot with an image-provoking name is the Black Hills where you can visit the old frontier mining town of Deadwood.

Rich in Christian and Moslem art, Istanbul is today a fascinating museum of East and West that recently became a seaside resort as well with the development of new beaches on the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmara only a short distance from the center of town.

For example, the officials of Poughkeepsie town ( township ) where the project is located think highly of it because it simplifies their snow clearing problem.

Raymond Vernon reports that residents of East St. Louis have been driving across the Mississippi, through the heart of downtown St. Louis and out to the western suburbs for major shopping, simply because parking is easier at the big branches than it is in the heart of town.

Decide first what the place is worth to you and your family as a home in comparison with what it would cost to live in town.

and I have heard many say that they are content to earn a half or a third as much as they could up North because they so much prefer the quieter habits of their home town.

Radio broadcasts had not begun and most devotees of baseball attended the games near home, in the town park or a pasture, with perhaps two or three trips to the city each season to see the Cubs or the Pirates or the Indians or the Red Sox.

The item said Mr. and Mrs. Black had moved to Jackson, his home town -- so the lovely Lisa had been with him a year ago.

A petition bearing the signatures of more than 1,700 Johnston taxpayers was presented to the town council last night as what is hoped will be the first step in obtaining a home rule charter for the town.

G. David Thompson is one of those names known to the stewards of transatlantic jetliners and to doormen in Europe's best hotels, but he is somewhat of an enigma to most people in his own home town of Pittsburgh.

Some observers speculated that this might be his revenge on his home town.

The fine old mansions of U.S. Grant's old home town of Galena, Ill. are open for inspection ( Sept. 23, 24 ).

Zion was surprised when Roy's buggy stopped beside her on the pike one early summer day as she was walking home from the country school where she was teaching now that Eph Showers had had a call to preach in some mountain town.

At age six, young Bronson began his formal education in a one-room schoolhouse in the center of town but learned how to read at home with the help of his mother.

The Statue of Andrew Carnegie in his home town of Dunfermline

Before the 1988 NFL season, the team moved to Tempe, Arizona, a college town suburb of Phoenix, and played their home games for the next 18 years at Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium.

Antonio began his musical studies in his native town of Legnago ; he was first taught at home by his older brother Francesco Salieri ( a former student of the violinist and composer Giuseppe Tartini ), and he received further lessons from the organist of the Legnago Cathedral, Giuseppe Simoni, a pupil of Padre Giovanni Battista Martini.

The Bonapartes at the time had a modest four-story home in town ( now a museum known as Casa Buonaparte ) and a rarely used country home in the hills north of the city ( now site of the Arboretum des Milelli ).

* The town is also home to Ajaccio Cathedral.

One well-known association the town has is with the ' Accrington Pals ', the nickname given to the smallest home town battalion of volunteers formed to fight in the first world war.

The town centre is home to a number of high street multiples, including: Greggs, Argos, Specsavers, Wilkinson's, Shoe Zone, Superdrug, Costa Coffee, JJB Sports, Cash Generator, GAME, Poundland, Timpson, Althams Travel, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power, Claire's, Grainger Games, Post Office, Thomas Cook, Thomson, Burton, Holland & Barrett, Dorothy Perkins, Blockbuster, WHSmith, H Samuel, Iceland, Phones 4U, Boots Opticians, Card Factory, Boots, Store Twenty One, Poundworld, Peacocks, B & M Bargains, Wetherspoons and a mix of other shops.

As well as motor dealerships from Ford ( Greyhound ), Vauxhall & Chevrolet ( Accrington Garages ), the town was home to a Arnold Clark car dealer which closed down in 2010.

Federko began playing hockey at a young age in his home town of Foam Lake, Saskatchewan.

In the years that followed the end of Calvin and Hobbes, there were many attempts to locate Watterson in his home town of Chagrin Falls.

Victory parades are often held for triumphant sports teams, who often tour their home town or city in an open-top bus.

In December 1851, the town was home to a movement of republican resistance towards Napoleon III's coup.