Culemborg

Culemborg is a municipality and a metropolis in the centre of the Netherlands. The city has a populace of 27,973, and is situated simply south of the Lek river. Direct train traces run from the railway station in the direction of the cities of Utrecht and Den Bosch. Culemborg, previously additionally spelled Kuilenburg or Kuylenburgh, received city rights in 1318. For a long term, Culemborg became independent from any counties or duchies in the Netherlands.

The town had won the right of toll series and the right of asylum: it become a so-called 'Vrijstad'. In practice, this intended that people who had fled to Culemborg from other cities could evade their creditors in Culemborg. The lenders could not be allowed access into the city. This did not imply that criminals could escape justice in Culemborg: the metropolis had its own justice gadget that may sentence criminals. In Amsterdam, the word 'Naar Culemborg gaan' became synonymous with going bankrupt.