Veluwe Quarter

Veluwe Quarter was one of the four quarters in the Duchy of Guelders, besides Quarter of Zutphen, Upper Quarter and Nijmegen Quarter. Veluwe Quarter had Arnhem as its capital and included the Veluwe area. The main cities were Elburg, Hattem, Harderwijk and Wageningen. Its location was west of the river IJssel and north of the river Rhine.

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Burgundian Circle (1512–1797) of the Holy Roman Empire

Seventeen Provinces of
Habsburg Netherlands

Seceded 1581	Drenthe (since 1548) Friesland Groningen (since 1548) Guelders (Veluwe Quarter, Nijmegen Quarter and Zutphen) (since 1548) Holland Overijssel (since 1548) Utrecht (since 1548) Zeeland
Remained	Antwerp Artois2 Brabant Flanders Guelders (Upper Quarter) (since 1548) Hainaut Limburg Luxemburg (since 1548) Mechelen Namur

County

• Burgundy³

Cities

• Besançon³

Dependent territories

• Breda¹

¹ until 1648;    ² until 1659;   ³ until 1678. Circles est. 1500: Bavarian, Swabian, Upper Rhenish, Lower Rhenish–Westphalian, Franconian, (Lower) Saxon
Circles est. 1512: Austrian, Burgundian, Upper Saxon, Electoral Rhenish     ·     Unencircled territories