Groenlo, Netherlands
Netherlands
Groenlo, Netherlands carries 38 Bunkabop connections with 4241 other places across 13 topics, dominated by its history as a repeatedly besieged fortress town in the Dutch-Spanish conflicts of the 16th and 17th centuries. Maurice of Nassau seized the town in 1597, and Ambrogio Spinola later recaptured it for Spain. Military connections link Groenlo most closely with Spain, France, and Belgium. The town also connects through festivals, rooted in Catholic traditions like Carnaval and Kermis, and through industry, anchored by the Grolsch brewery, which operated there from 1615.
Kermesse (festival)
Connects Groenlo, Netherlands to: Uberlândia, Brazil | Bovenkarspel, Netherlands | Brussels, Wisconsin | Charbila, Lebanon
Siege of Bredevoort (1672)
Connects Groenlo, Netherlands to: Netherlands | Groningen, Netherlands | Gelderland | Bredevoort
House of Limburg-Stirum
Connects Groenlo, Netherlands to: France | Cologne, Germany | Schellenberg, Liechtenstein | Bronckhorst, Netherlands
Siege of Meurs (1597)
Connects Groenlo, Netherlands to: Spain | Netherlands | Holland | Bergh, Gelderland | Moers, Germany
Maurice of Nassau
Connects Groenlo, Netherlands to: 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Zutphen, Netherlands | Principality of Orange | Sluis, Netherlands | Geertruidenberg, Netherlands
Ambrogio Spinola
Connects Groenlo, Netherlands to: Spain | Brussels | Brandenburg | Valladolid, Spain | Breda, Netherlands
Siege of Lingen (1597)
Connects Groenlo, Netherlands to: London, England | Spain | Netherlands | Holland | Twente
Sack of Lier
Connects Groenlo, Netherlands to: France | Spain | Netherlands | Flanders | Antwerp, Belgium
Battle of Zutphen
Connects Groenlo, Netherlands to: Spain | Netherlands | Leicester, England | Cologne, Germany | Flanders
Siege of Rheinberg (1597)
Connects Groenlo, Netherlands to: London, England | Spain | Netherlands | Holland | Cologne, Germany
Richard Lovelace (poet)
Connects Groenlo, Netherlands to: London, England | France | Oxford, England | Spain | Cambridge, England
Jack Barmby
Connects Groenlo, Netherlands to: United States | Texas | Mexico | Manchester, England | Dallas, Texas