13 Facts About Leiden

Leiden is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.

University city since 1575, Leiden has been one of Europe's most prominent scientific centres for more than four centuries.

Leiden is a typical university city, university buildings are scattered throughout the city and the many students from all over the world give the city a bustling, vivid and international atmosphere.

Leiden University is one of Europe's top universities, with thirteen Nobel Prize winners.

Leiden is a city with a rich cultural heritage, not only in science, but in the arts.

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Leiden was formed on an artificial hill at the confluence of the rivers Oude and Nieuwe Rijn .

Leiden has in the past erroneously been associated with the Roman outpost Lugdunum Batavorum.

Landlord of Leiden, situated in a stronghold on the hill, was initially subject to the Bishop of Utrecht but around 1100 the burgraves became subject to the county of Holland.

Leiden rolled the cannons along with his army but one which was too heavy went by ship.

Leiden is known as the place where the Pilgrims lived, they operated a printing press for a time in the early 17th century before their departure to Massachusetts and New Amsterdam in the New World.

Leiden felt that international copyright restrictions would stifle the Dutch publishing industry.

University of Leiden is famous for its many discoveries including Snell's law andthe famous Leyden jar, a capacitor made from a glass jar, invented in Leiden by Pieter van Musschenbroek in 1746.

Leiden has important functions as a shopping and trade centre for communities around the city.