Oudewater, County of Holland, Habsburg Netherlands

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Oudewater, in the historical County of Holland within the Habsburg Netherlands, is a small Dutch town known for its medieval heritage and role in the region’s early modern religious and political history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
country Netherlands
destroyedDuring Eighty Years War
linked to: Eighty Years' War
destroyedIn 1575
hasEconomicActivity local services
regional tourism
hasHeritage early modern political history
early modern religious history
historic town center
medieval urban fabric
hasLandmark St Michael’s Church, Oudewater
Witches’ Weigh House, Oudewater
historic town hall of Oudewater
hasMunicipalStatusSince Middle Ages
hasNotableEvent Siege of Oudewater (1575)
hasOfficialLanguage Dutch
hasUrbanFeature canal network
historic market square
historicalEra Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

Middle Ages
historicallyGovernedBy Counts of Holland
linked to: Count of Holland

Habsburg monarchy
knownFor Witches’ Weigh House
well-preserved medieval center
witch-trial related history
locatedAtConfluenceOf Hollandse IJssel
linked to: Hollandsche IJssel

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locatedIn Central Netherlands
County of Holland
Habsburg Netherlands
Province of Utrecht
Randstad
Western Netherlands
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedNear Gouda
Utrecht (city)
linked to: Utrecht
locatedOn Hollandse IJssel
linked to: Hollandsche IJssel
partOf County of Holland
Habsburg Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands
politicalHistory Dutch Revolt
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Habsburg rule in the Low Countries
reconstructedAfter 1575
religiousHistory Dutch Revolt
linked to: Eighty Years' War

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Jakob Hermanszoon birthPlace Oudewater, County of Holland, Habsburg Netherlands