Echt-Susteren
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Echt-Susteren is a municipality
in the southeastern Netherlands
. Echt-Susteren was created in 2003 by merging the former municipalities of Echt and Susteren.
Susteren is situated in a Euregional area. In the west the municipality borders to Belgium and in the east to Germany. The narrowest is only 4,8 km wide. It is possible to walk from Germany to Belgium via Netherlands in under an hour. The area of Echt-Susteren is a green municipality also known as the green waist of Limburg with excellent recreational properties. In this beautiful rural area you can find a host of very interesting paths to roam, bike trails, bridleways and picnic areas.
, Echterbosch, Gebroek, Heide, Hingen, Illikhoven, Kokkelert, Koningsbosch, Maria-Hoop, Nieuwstadt, Oevereind, Ophoven, Oud-Roosteren, Peij, Pepinusbrug, Roosteren
, Schilberg, Sint Joost
, Slek, Susteren
, Visserweert.
in 1343.
(Maas River) and the Juliana Canal
(Juliana Kanaal) with a small part of the village separated from the main population centre by the canal: Oud Roosteren (Old Roosteren). The main church is located in Roosteren whereas the cemetery is located near the site of the former church in Old Roosteren.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the southeastern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. Echt-Susteren was created in 2003 by merging the former municipalities of Echt and Susteren.
Susteren is situated in a Euregional area. In the west the municipality borders to Belgium and in the east to Germany. The narrowest is only 4,8 km wide. It is possible to walk from Germany to Belgium via Netherlands in under an hour. The area of Echt-Susteren is a green municipality also known as the green waist of Limburg with excellent recreational properties. In this beautiful rural area you can find a host of very interesting paths to roam, bike trails, bridleways and picnic areas.
Population centres
Aasterberg, Baakhoven, Berkelaar, Dieteren, EchtEcht (Limburg)
Echt is a city in the Dutch municipality of Echt-Susteren, located in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It used to be a municipality by itself until it merged with the municipality of Susteren, an event that took place on January 1, 2003....
, Echterbosch, Gebroek, Heide, Hingen, Illikhoven, Kokkelert, Koningsbosch, Maria-Hoop, Nieuwstadt, Oevereind, Ophoven, Oud-Roosteren, Peij, Pepinusbrug, Roosteren
Roosteren
Roosteren is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Echt-Susteren.Roosteren was a separate municipality until 1982, when it was merged with Susteren. The municipality also covered the villages of Visserweert, Kokkelert, and Oud-Roosteren.-External links:...
, Schilberg, Sint Joost
Sint Joost
-History:13th Century - The village of Sint Joost comes into being as a small settlement around a former cloister .1730-1780 The area of Sint Joost is frequently raided by the so-called "Goat riders"...
, Slek, Susteren
Susteren
Susteren is a city in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Echt-Susteren, about 7 km northwest of Sittard. It was a separate municipality until 2003, when it was merged with Echt. Susteren received town privileges in 1276....
, Visserweert.
Echt
Echt is a former municipality. It received city rightsCity rights in the Netherlands
City rights are a medieval phenomenon in the history of the Low Countries. A liegelord, usually a count, duke or similar member of high nobility, granted a settlement he owned certain town privileges that settlements without city rights did not have....
in 1343.
Susteren
Susteren is a former municipality. It received city rights in 1276.Maria-Hoop
Maria-Hoop is a small village in the neighbourhood of the hamlets Echterbosch and Putbroek and the village Koningsbosch. Originally named Diergaarde, the village's named was changed to Maria-Hoop in 1953, after the local church Moeder der H. Hoop.Roosteren
The name of the village of Roosteren (population circa 1600, including Kokkelert and Oevereind) was derived from a combination of the Rode Beek (Red Brook) and the town of Suestra (Susteren) leading to the name Roosteren. The village has two 'castles', the Castle Ter Boch and the Castle Eyckholt and a number of Lord Manors. It is located in between the Meuse RiverMeuse River
The Maas or Meuse is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea...
(Maas River) and the Juliana Canal
Juliana Canal
The Juliana Canal , named after Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, is a 36 km long canal in the southern Netherlands, providing a bypass of an unnavigable section of the river Meuse between Maastricht and Maasbracht...
(Juliana Kanaal) with a small part of the village separated from the main population centre by the canal: Oud Roosteren (Old Roosteren). The main church is located in Roosteren whereas the cemetery is located near the site of the former church in Old Roosteren.