Terhorst
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Terhorst is a little hamlet
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 of 33 houses and part of the village of Banholt (in Limburgs dialect: Tebannet), which is in the municipality of Margraten
Margraten
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 in the province of Limburg
Limburg (Netherlands)
Limburg is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. It is located in the southeastern part of the country and bordered by the province of Gelderland to the north, Germany to the east, Belgium to the south and part of the west, andthe Dutch province of North Brabant partly to...

. In the middle of the village, Terhorst has its own little chapel built in 1949 and every year in August there is the traditional annual Chapel party (kapelfeest). There are several old farmhouses originally built in the 18th century and is a popular area for walking. From Terhorst one can reach Banholt, Noorbeek
Noorbeek
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, Mheer
Mheer
Mheer is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Margraten, about 12 km southeast of Maastricht....

, Reijmerstok
Reijmerstok
Reijmerstok is a village in the municipality Gulpen-Wittem in the Dutch province of Limburg. It lies southwest of Gulpen and counts about 600 inhabitants. In the village several half timbered houses can be found...

, Terlinden
Terlinden
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 and Hoogcruts.
Terhorst - variants Derhorst, Terhurst, Derhurst, Horst (including van der(n) Horst). Name appears both in the Netherlands (Gelderland and Limburg) as well as on the German side in the district Kleve. The name is Germanic in origin and refers to a "horst", this means a high lying piece of ground in bog ground.

Near Loenen (Gelderland, gemeente Voorschoten) which lies in the triangle Apeldoorn, Zutphen and Dieren there is the former castle Ter Horst situated on the estate De Horsten (which was owned by Princes Juliana - inherited by ?) with origins in 1200 with the current building originating from 1556 but was extensively changed in 1791–1792 with little of the original building remaining. See also Kasteel Ter Horst http://www.kasteelterhorst.nl

There are or where other castles with the name Terhorst (nearly all have disappeared) so its important to always refer to the area in which reference is made to kasteel Terhorst.

The name Terhorst is relatively rare with few early references on either side of the Dutch border. Floorke van der Horst build another castle Ter Horst near the village Horst - name derived from Floorken van der Horst, in "'t Land van Kessel". See http://www.landvanhorst.nl

A coat of arms for Terhorst exist described as;

Blaze of arms: Or, three crescents sable, points in chief (two-one). Overall in bend gules
Crescent: A lion or.

Other references on Ter horst and specifically Kasteel Ter Horst exist on Wikipedia
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