Bommen Berend

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Bommen Berend is the Dutch nickname of the 17th-century Prince-Bishop of Münster, Bernhard von Galen, notorious for his heavy bombardments during the siege of Groningen in 1672.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nickname
appliedToOccupation Bishop of Münster
surface form: Prince-Bishop of Münster
associatedEvent Siege of Groningen (1672)
associatedPlace Groningen
Prince-Bishopric of Münster
associatedWithMilitaryAction artillery bombardment
associatedWithRole besieger of Groningen
associatedYear 1672
category Dutch nicknames
Historical epithets
commemoratedOn August 28 (relating to lifting of the siege of Groningen)
countryOfCulturalOrigin Netherlands
hasConnotation negative
hasCulturalMemory commemoration in Groningen
hasSubject Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster
surface form: Bernhard von Galen
languageOfOrigin Dutch
meaning Bombing Bernard
namedAfter Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster
surface form: Bernhard von Galen
notableFor heavy bombardments of Groningen
Siege of Groningen (1672)
surface form: siege of Groningen
refersTo Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster
surface form: Bernhard von Galen
relatedTo Franco-Dutch War
Rampjaar (Disaster Year) 1672
surface form: Rampjaar 1672

Third Anglo-Dutch War
timePeriod Early modern period
usedBy Dutch population
usedInContext Dutch history
military history of the Netherlands
usedSinceCentury 17th century

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Bombing Bernard hasNickname Bommen Berend
subject surface form: Bernhard von Galen