Bloemendaal (population: 17,108) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The municipality covers an area of 38.56 km² (of which 0.52 km² water).
... of the "Imitation of Christ," was born at Kempen[?], Germany (40 miles northwest of Cologne) in 1380 and died near Zwolle (52 miles east-north-east of Amsterdam) in 1471. ...