ZWOLLE, a fortified town of Holland, capital of the province of Overijssel, on the Zwarte-water, between the Yssel and the Vechte, 52 miles E.N.E. of Amsterdam. It is a neat, clean, and regularly built town, having a number of good streets and spacious places. The ramparts are planted with avenues of trees, and there are many pleasant walks in the vicinity. It is the seat of several district courts, and has eight churches including a fine old cathedral, a house of correction, several hospitals, and a grammar school. The manufactures are woollen, cotton, and linen stuffs, ropes, leather, sugar, salt, &c.; and an active trade is carried on in cattle, agricultural produce, dried fish, &c. Zwolle was formerly a free imperial city, and a member of the Hanseatic League. The famous Thomas-a-Kempis resided for sixty-four years in the monastery of St Agnes, in the neighbourhood of this town, and died there in 1471. Pop. (including three suburbs) 17,500.
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