Gorecht

ancient region, Netherlands

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association with Groningen

  • Martinikerk (St. Martin's Church), Groningen, Neth.
    In Groningen

    …districts then known as the Gorecht, to the bishops of Utrecht by the emperor Henry III. Originally an agricultural settlement, it developed into an important commercial centre on the Aa River, providing ships for the Crusades in the 12th century and joining the Hanseatic League c. 1282. By the 14th…

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