Friday, July 16, 2004

Venlo

Gemeente (commune), Limburg provincie, southeastern Netherlands. It lies along the Maas (Meuse) River, near the German border. Chartered in 1343, it joined the Hanseatic League in 1364 and was a medieval fortress and trade centre. Venlo is now the centre of �greenhouse� market gardening; vegetables are exported to the Rhineland. The municipality also manufactures electric bulbs,

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