NIJMWEGEN, NIMEGUEN, NYMEGEN or NIMWEGEN, a resi dential town in the province of Gelderland, Holland, on the left bank of the Waal, 241 m. E. by S. of Tiel by rail. Pop. (1930), 81,716. It has regular steamboat communication with Rotterdam, Cologne and Arnhem, and is very prettily situated on the slopes of five low hills rising from the river-side. It stands up with a boldness quite unusual in a Dutch town, and steps are even necessary to lead to the higher portions of the town. In 1884 the old town walls were demolished, a promenade and gar dens taking their place, and since then a new quarter has grown up on the south side with a fine open place called the Emperor Charles's plain. On the east of the town is the beautiful park called the Valkhof, which marks the site of the old palace of the Carolingian emperors. The palace was ruined by the French bombardment of 1794, and only two portions of it remain. These
are a part of the choir of the 12th century palace-church, and a sixteen-sided baptistry originally consecrated by Pope Leo III. in 799 and rebuilt in the 12th or 13th century. Close by is the lofty tower of the Belvedere, dating from 1646. The Groote Kerk of St. Stephen forms with its tall square tower one of the most strikink features of the town. Originally built about 1272, it dates in its present condition mainly from the and 16th cen turies. The interesting Renaissance town-hall was built in (restored in 1879). There is also an interesting museum of an tiquities. Other buildings of note include the old weigh-house and Flesher's hall, probably built in 1612 and restored in 1885. Nijmwegen is the seat of a Roman Catholic university. Beer, Prussian blue, leather, tin, pottery, cigars and gold and silver work are the chief industrial products.