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32-785: Balkema was born in Avereest in Overijssel , the son of Sijbrand Harkes Balkema and Antje Tjitske Gelderman. On 18 January 1936 in Zandvoort , he wed Anna Stehouwer. After studying French literature, in 1936 he opened a bookstore in the Huis aan de Drie Grachten ('House on Three Canals') in Amsterdam . During the Second World War , the bookstore was used to clandestinely print and publish works of poetry and other literature. In

64-537: A reclaimed territory which had been laid dry in 1942, was part of Overijssel from 1962 until 1986, when it became part of the newly created province of Flevoland . The King's Commissioner of Overijssel is Andries Heidema ( CU ) since 11 July 2018. The King's Commissioner is the chairman of the Provincial-Executive (executive branch) and the States-Provincial (elected legislature) of

96-672: A junction function. The stations of Almelo, Deventer and Hengelo have a transfer function. The stations of Hengelo, Enschede and Oldenzaal have a direct connection with Germany. The international intercity to Berlin stops in Deventer, Almelo and Hengelo. Goods traffic takes place on many lines to Germany and the north of the Netherlands. The following railway lines are located in Overijssel: The main airport in Overijssel

128-829: A list of the 100 most influential people in South Africa in the 20th century. His son started a technical and scientific publisher in Rotterdam, naming it A A Balkema Publishers after his father. This imprint is now part of the Taylor & Francis Group as CRC Press / Balkema. His son (also named A.A. Balkema) is a mathematician who proved, together with Laurens de Haan , the epynomous Pickands–Balkema–De Haan theorem . Overijssel Overijssel ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˌoːvərˈɛisəl] ; Dutch Low Saxon : Oaveriessel [ˌɒːvərˈiːsl̩] ; German : Oberyssel ; lit.   ' Outer IJssel ' )

160-606: A municipal reclassification came into effect, the number fell to 26. On 1 January 2005, the municipalities of Deventer and Bathmen were merged (under the name Deventer ), reducing the number of municipalities into 25. Laurens de Haan Laurens de Haan (born 15 January 1937) is a Dutch economist and Emeritus Professor of Probability and Mathematical Statistics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam , specializing in extreme value theory . Born in Rotterdam, De Haan received his MA in mathematics from

192-463: A publisher. During a visit to his family in the Netherlands in 1986, he fell severely ill. He and his wife Annie decided to re-settle in the Netherlands, where they remained until their deaths, hers in 1994 and his in 1996. In 1984 a liber amicorum in his honour was published by Vriende van die S.A. Biblioteek, Liber amicorum pro A.A. Balkema . Balkema was included in They shaped our century (1999),

224-579: A small part of the IJsselmeer to the west. Overijssel is bordered by Germany ( Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia ) to the east, the Achterhoek region of Gelderland to the south, the Veluwe region of Gelderland and Flevoland to the west, and Friesland and the former moors of Drenthe to the north. Overijssel comprises three regions: Kop van Overijssel in the northwest, Salland in

256-623: Is a province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name comes from the perspective of the Episcopal principality of Utrecht , which held the territory until 1528. The capital city of Overijssel is Zwolle (pop. 132,441 ) and the largest city is Enschede (pop. 161,235). The province had a population of about 1,184,000 as of January 2023. The land mostly consists of grasslands and some forests (including Sallandse Heuvelrug National Park ); it also borders

288-741: Is a valuable wetland. The highest point in Overijssel is the summit of the Tankenberg, a hill in the municipality of Losser , at 85 metres (278 ft). The lowest point is in the Mastenbroek Polder near Kampen at 2 metres (6 ft) below sea level . Important rivers  : IJssel , Zwarte Water , Overijsselse Vecht , Dinkel , Regge and Reest . Major channels  : Twentekanaal (Enschede and Zutphen-branch to Almelo), Overijssels Kanaal, Kanaal Almelo-De Haandrik, Kanaal Almelo-Nordhorn (outdoors) and Dedemsvaart (largely muted). Overijssel enjoys an oceanic climate ( Cfb in

320-707: Is an important transit province to and from Germany and the northeast of the Netherlands. There are three main motorways in Overijssel, the A1 , A28 , and the A35/N35 . Other major trunk roads are the N18 , A32 , N36 , N48 and N50 . In addition, the province manages a large number of provincial roads of major and minor importance. Four intercity connections (Enschede-Randstad, Zwolle – Roosendaal and Groningen/Leeuwarden-Amersfoort-Randstad and Groningen/Leeuwarden-Lelystad-Randstad) run through Overijssel. Zwolle railway station has

352-651: Is the Enschede Airport Twente , located outside of Enschede . The airport does not currently offer any international flights, though it has historically. Due to its location on the IJssel, Overijssel has a number of large bridges. The most important is the IJsselbrug near Zwolle, but the IJsselbrug near Deventer is also important. These are also the busiest roads in the province. At Kampen the N50 crosses

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384-582: The Huis aan de Drie Grachten in 2005, a hidden compartment was uncovered containing an archive of wartime documents, including manuscripts and correspondence. The compartment may also have served as a hiding place for (Jewish) onderduikers (people hiding from the Germans). The archive was donated in 2006 to the library of the Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak ('Royal Association of

416-704: The Köppen classification ). However, winters tend to be more severe than the rest of the Netherlands, because of its distance from the coast. Overijssel was formerly known as Oversticht and also included most of the modern-day province of Drenthe . In 1336, it was made part of Guelders , though it was ceded to the Bishopric of Utrecht in 1347. The Bishops ceded the Oversticht to the Emperor Charles V in 1528, who styled himself Lord of Overijssel , after

448-530: The University of Amsterdam in 1966, and his PhD in mathematics in 1970 under supervision of Johannes Runnenburg for the thesis "On regular variation and sample extremes". De Haan started his academic career in 1966 as researcher in probability and statistics at the Mathematisch Centrum , Amsterdam. In the year 1971–72 he was visiting assistant professor at Stanford University . In 1977 he

480-642: The Book Trade'), which is housed in the library of the University of Amsterdam . In 1946, after the end of the war, Balkema sold his bookstore in Amsterdam and left for South Africa to pursue a career as a publisher there. That same year, he published his first book in South Africa, Vyjtig Gedigte by the South African poet C. Louis Leipoldt . Balkema quickly established his name by publishing specialist books which had often been refused by

512-808: The Dutch government agency overseeing the sea defenses; the Royal Netherlands Meteorological service; and the CWI Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science in Amsterdam. Neptune was a larger scale but similar project, sponsored by the European Union via the MAST program and in cooperation with BMT Port & Coastal Limited, Delft Hydraulics, Rijkswaterstaat, GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geest-hacht GmbH, University of Lancaster and University of East Anglia . Novel aspects are: firstly

544-491: The IJssel. Kampen also has two bridges over the IJssel. Other bridges over the IJssel are at Zwolle the Oude IJsselbrug and the railway bridge over the IJssel, and at Deventer a railway and road bridge. In addition to these bridges, the river IJssel can also be crossed at a number of places by means of a number of ferries. Overijssel is divided into 25 municipalities. Until 1 January 2001, there were still 44, but after

576-469: The Latin name of Oversticht that was known since 1233: Transysla or Transisalania , or Over-IJssel, i.e. the other side of the river IJssel . The people joined with the other Dutch and rebelled against Charles' heir Philip II . Overijssel became governed by the most powerful mayors and lords in the province, including by the lieutenant-governor Nicolaas Schmelzing (1561–1629). After a brief occupation by

608-595: The centre of the province, and Twente in the east. Besides the capital Zwolle , other major cities are Almelo , Deventer , Hengelo , Enschede , and Kampen . To the southeast, the province's surface is mostly sandy, interspersed with small rivers such as the Regge and Dinkel and other brooks. In the northwest, the geology is dominated by sediments from the Overijsselse Vecht and clay. The northern parts were once covered by veen ( bogs ) which separated

640-419: The country. His perhaps greatest contribution was to Afrikaans -language nonfiction. A large number of books on South African nature, architecture, culture, and history were authored and published on his initiative, and are still considered standard works in their respective fields. He also published English-language literature and academic books and journals. In the 1960s, Balkema decided to end his career as

672-552: The dryer and more arable south from Drenthe and which have been exploited as fuel to a large degree. Only small patches survive today ( Engbertsdijksvenen near Geesteren , Witteveen (near Haaksbergen ), and the Aamsveen (near Enschede ). The extreme northwest is dominated by a system of lakes formed by former peat-mining and protected under the De Weerribben-Wieden National Park status, which

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704-600: The forces of the Bishop of Münster (1672–74), Overijssel received a new form of government which granted the stadtholders more power. Widespread resistance against the increased power throughout the provinces eventually led to the formation of the Batavian Republic in 1795. A centralist government arose and the Netherlands was organised into a series of départements , based on those used by revolutionary France . At first organised into its own département , it

736-495: The more established publishing houses. These included such works as the Hertzog Prize -winning Die Vrou op die Skuit by Elise Muller (1957). Before long, many South African writers began to approach Balkema of their own accord to request that he publish their work. These included Jan Rabie whose Ons, die afgod was the first Afrikaans -language anti- apartheid novel, evoking much criticism and controversy when it

768-402: The name Catalogus van vijftig boeken en boekjes zonder toestemming uitgeven in de jaren 1942−1945 ('Catalogue of fifty books published without permission in the years 1942−1945'). In 1943 Balkema, along with Adriaan Morriën en Fred Batten, started the series Het Zwarte Schaap . After the war, this series was taken over by the publishing house De Bezige Bij . During renovations of

800-477: The population belonged to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands , while 23.3% were Roman Catholic , 2.9% were Muslim , and 5.6% adhered to other faiths. Over two-fifths of the population (42.2%) identified as non-religious. The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 43.2 billion € in 2018, accounting for 5.6% of the Netherlands economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power

832-537: The province. The Provincial Council , the general government of the province, consists of 47 members who are elected every four years. Until the States elections of March 2007, Overijssel had 63 Members of Parliament. An amendment to the Provinces Act resulted in the total number of States members in the Netherlands being reduced from 764 to the current 564. Religion in Overijssel (2015) In 2015, 26.1% of

864-515: The series De Vijf Ponden Pers , which Balkema started in 1942, fifty works were published during the war, including works by Dutch poets like A. Roland Holst and Martinus Nijhoff as well as books in English and French, languages banned by the German occupiers. The prominent typographer Jan van Krimpen handled many of these publications. In 1945 Balkema published a catalogue of the series under

896-496: Was 32,700 € or 108% of the EU27 average in the same year. The province has become highly industrialized. The Twente district in the southeast, where cotton spinning, weaving, and bleaching came into prominence in the 19th century, is one of the principal centres of the Dutch textile industry. The main centres are Enschede, Almelo, Hengelo, and Oldenzaal. Other important industrial centres are Deventer, Kampen, and Zwolle. Overijssel

928-579: Was appointed professor of probability and mathematical statistics at the Erasmus Universiteit, where he stayed until his retirement in 1998. From 1990 to 1992 he was associate dean of the school of economics. From 2008 to 2011 he was part-time professor of statistics at the University of Tilburg . In 1977 he was elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (I.M.S.), and he was guest professor at Peking University in 1994. He

960-691: Was awarded a Doctor honoris causa from the Universidade de Lisboa in 2000 and the Medallion lecture at the I.M.S. annual meeting in Gothenburg in 2000. The "Overschrijdingslijnen" was a research project based on extreme-value analysis, meant to provide new standards for the Dutch sea defenses. It was commissioned by the Ministry of Public Works, starting in 1984 and finished in 1992. In this joint project people participated from "Rijkswaterstaat",

992-617: Was merged with Drenthe in 1798 to form Ouden IJssel , which was renamed Overijssel in 1801. The French annexed the Batavian Republic in 1810, and Overijssel was organised into the new French département of Bouches-de-l'Yssel . After the defeat of Napoleon in 1814, the kingdom of the Netherlands and the former province of Overijssel were recreated. Overijssel was occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II from May 1940 until its liberation in April 1945. The Noordoostpolder ,

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1024-504: Was published in 1958. Balkema's status was definitely established when he was asked to handle the official publication of the Daghregisters (journals) of Jan van Riebeeck in 1952. Balkema was known for the high quality of the books he published, in particular the typography and design. He was one of the first South African publishers to switch to an IBM typewriter for typesetting . He also introduced non- justified text to

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