Limburg (Netherlands)
Limburg is the southernmost province of the Netherlands. Its capital is Maastricht. About 1,128,000 people are living in Limburg (2023).
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Limburg / Limbörg / Lèmburg | |
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| Coordinates: 51°13′N 5°56′E / 51.217°N 5.933°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Established | 1867 |
| Seat | Maastricht |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,210 km2 (850 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,145 km2 (828 sq mi) |
| • Water | 65 km2 (25 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 323 m (1,060 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 1,128,000 |
| • Density | 526/km2 (1,360/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
- Other meanings are at Limburg
It is the only province in the Netherlands which has hills. It is a very old province; the capital city, Maastricht, is over 2000 years old. The Limburgish people do speak Dutch, but they also speak their own dialects called Limburgish. These dialects - especially the ones in the South of Limburg, the normal Dutch people find difficult to understand. These dialects have many influences from German and French. The Limburgish are renowned for their famous vlaai.
Limburg got its status as a Dutch Province in 1867
Limburger cheese comes from this region.
Limburg (Netherlands) Media
Een geluidsfragment van het Limburgs volkslied gespeeld door het Tamboer- en Fanfarekorps Regiment Limburgse Jagers.
Map showing the two contemporary provinces called "Limburg" as well as the medieval duchy they are both named after. The small overlap is Teuven and Remersdaal, two villages in the eastern part of Voeren, a municipality in Belgian Limburg since 1977.
Map showing the medieval "lands of Overmaas" and the Duchy of Limburg, both in the Middle Ages possessed by the Dukes of Brabant. Together these two counties formed one province in the Seventeen Provinces. (The dark lines are the modern borders).
View of the river Meuse and the Medieval Sint Servaasbrug in Maastricht, Limburg's capital
View of a typical street in a hilly South-Limburgian hamlet; here in Walem
Huis Bloemendaal in Vaals, an 18th-century stately home, also used as a monastery, now a hotel
Provincial Government Buildings in Maastricht
Cities and villages in Limburg including the outlying areas.
Skyline of Thorn - Apr 2016
De Parade, Venlo (Limburg, NL)IMG 4869
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