Leiden

E14108

city municipality

Leiden is a historic Dutch city in South Holland known for its prestigious university, rich cultural heritage, and well-preserved canals and old town.

Aliases (4)

Leiden, Dutch Republic ×5
Leiden, Netherlands ×3
Leyden ×1
Leyden (historical or geographic namesake) ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
areaCode	071 →
celebrates	Leidens Ontzet →
celebrationDate	3 October →
country	Netherlands →
foundingDate	circa 12th century →
governedBy	municipal council of Leiden →
hasBotanicalGarden	Hortus Botanicus Leiden →
hasCoordinateLatitude	52.1600 →
hasCoordinateLongitude	4.4970 →
hasMayor	mayor of Leiden →
hasMotto	Haec libertatis ergo →
hasMuseum	Japan Museum SieboldHuis → Museum De Lakenhal → Naturalis Biodiversity Center → Rijksmuseum van Oudheden →
hasNotableResident	Armin van Buuren → Herman Boerhaave → Jan Steen → Rembrandt van Rijn →
hasPopulation	approximately 125000 →
hasRailwayStation	Leiden Centraal → Leiden Lammenschans →
hasUniversity	Leiden University →
historicalEvent	Siege of Leiden →
historicalEventDate	1573–1574 →
isKnownFor	Leiden University → Pilgrim Fathers history → botanical garden → canals → historic city center → museums →
languageUsed	Dutch →
locatedIn	Randstad → South Holland →
locatedOn	New Rhine → Old Rhine →
memberOf	Dutch Association of Historic Cities →
partOf	province of South Holland →
postalCodeRange	2311–2334 →
receivedCityRights	1266 →
timeZone	Central European Summer Time → Central European Time →
twinCity	Buffalo → Juigalpa → Kaiserslautern → Oxford → Torun →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Degory Priest → Jacob van Swanenburgh → John Carver ("Leiden, Dutch Republic") → Samuel Fuller → William Bradford ("Leiden, Dutch Republic") →	residence
Arnold Vinnius → Jacob van Swanenburgh → Johannes Voet → Simon van Leeuwen →	placeOfDeath
Jacob van Swanenburgh → Rembrandt van Rijn → Simon van Leeuwen →	placeOfBirth
Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University ("Leiden, Netherlands") → Leiden University →	locatedIn
Jacob van Swanenburgh → Johannes Voet →	workLocation
Rembrandt van Rijn →	activeIn
Degory Priest ("Leiden, Dutch Republic") →	associatedWith
Battle of Camperdown ("Leyden") →	capturedShip
Leiden University →	city
South Holland →	containsCity
Dutch Golden Age →	culturalCenter
Pilgrims ("Leiden, Dutch Republic") →	earlierRefugeIn
Discours de la méthode →	firstPublishedIn
Leiden University →	hasCampusIn
Cambridge, England →	hasTwinTown
Airbus →	headquartersLocation
Leiden Willeram ("Leiden, Netherlands") →	location
Of Plymouth Plantation ("Leiden, Netherlands") →	locationDescribed
Dutch Golden Age cartography →	mainLocation
Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois ("Leyden (historical or geographic namesake)") →	namedFor
Plymouth Colony ("Leiden, Dutch Republic") →	populationOrigin