Nijmegen Quarter, Zutphen Quarter and Veluwe Quarter are the three downstream Lower Quarters that seceded in 1581 to the
Dutch Republic, and constitute the present day Dutch province of
Gelderland. Nijmegen Quarter with its capital at the city of
Nijmegen, included the area between the
Meuse and
Rhine with the exception of the
Cleves enclave Huissen and the independent counties of
Buren and
Culemborg, that were much later seceded to the Netherlands. The quarter was divided in
Nijmegen,
Rijk van Nijmegen,
Land of Maas and Waal, the
Bommelerwaard and
Betuwe. The main cities were then
Nijmegen,
Tiel and
Zaltbommel. The quarter had a private university in Nijmegen. ==Notes and references==