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My name is Rob Stevens, hence RobS. WEBSTEK is a rarely used Dutch word for website. So this is Rob's Website aka robswebstek!
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Living in a city with medieval city walls, and having walked along the impressive Roman city walls of Istanbul, I felt the urge to collect a few pictures of city walls in other cities.
I like historical maps. When I was young I made my own maps using tracing paper. I’m trying to make maps now using pc-paint programs, but I lack time.
To constrain myself on Ebay I started collecting cheap postcards from a beautiful Edwardian era actress called Maude Fealy. Sometimes I buy also some other post cards. Also I want to know more about old movies so I start watching movies with a.o. Gene Tierney.
Not much is published about the history of Amersfoort, certainly not in English. So I like to talk about painters, explorers, etc.
The transition of a town from one nation to another is intriguing. What happened to the inhabitants? What happened to the language. Are there still remains visible? Königsberg, the capital of Prussia, is a striking example of this, once a flourishing German town, now a Soviet type Russian city.
The Crimean War was the first modern war, with trenches, railways, etc. It is also the first large war to be photographed, and also this is the war with the famous charge of the light brigade (I always asked myself why are they fighting with lights...?)
I have some Mucha posters in my house. I like this Jugendstil art nouveau kind of style.
When I was young I read and wondered about the first type of photographs used on a large scale: daguerreotypes. The exact mirror image of a 19th century person, in incredible detail. So a couple of years ago I started collecting cheap though beautiful specimens on Ebay.
Paintings
Visiting the Prado in Madrid and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg reinforced my interest in paintings. I already admired Vermeer, but there is so much more to explore.
Photo's I made during my trips to work. Paintings I’ve seen, in a museum or in a newspaper. Old photographs. Etc..
Memorial days
Just some people's birthdays, or events to remember, as well as to celebrate or commemorate.
- diverse, but structured
- no (real) advertisements
goals
- collect and summarize texts and pictures (tagging is so handy), thereby creating a place filled with stuff I like and admire.
- experiment with internet site making.
- publish about rare subjects.
- publish (handmade) maps.
- publish about Amersfoort.
- publish about miscellaneous (personal) things.
- improve my English.
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Hi Rob, there is also an Amersfoort, district Mpumalanga, in South Africa.
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Coordinates: 27°00′28″S 29°52′16″ECoordinates: 27°00′28″S 29°52′16″E
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Gert Sibande
Municipality Pixley Ka Seme
Established 1888
Area[1]
• Total 17.09 km2 (6.60 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total 12,335
• Density 720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African 93.2%
• Coloured 0.2%
• Indian/Asian 1.7%
• White 4.3%
• Other 0.5%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Zulu 84.0%
• Afrikaans 4.4%
• Swazi 3.4%
• English 2.1%
• Other 6.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
2490
PO box
2490
Area code 017
Amersfoort is a small town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
History
The town was established in 1888 around a Dutch Reformed Church which was built in 1876.[2] Lying at 1,664 m above sea level in the upper reaches of the Vaal River basin on the banks of the Schulpspruit, the area was first settled by Europeans in 1876 when two farmers of the area donated land to the church, where Rev. Frans Lion Cachet proceeded to build a Dutch Reformed church.[2] The new village was named after the hometown (in the Netherlands) of the Dutch farmers.[2] When the area became too small for the growing village, more land was purchased from one of the original donors and the town was proclaimed in 1888.[2] The bridge over the Vaal River was built in 1896 and is a national monument.[citation needed] The township of eZamokuhle (meaning "to make it beautiful") lies adjacent to the town and contributes greatly to its economy. Pixley ka Isaka Seme, one of the founders of the South African Native National Congress, later renamed the African National Congress, maintained law offices in Amersfoort and spent time there in connection with his legal and political work for the community at Daggakraal, the Native Farmers Association, and the Swazi Royal family in Swaziland.