It forms part of Parkstad Limburg, ( formerly known as " Oostelijke Mijnstreek "), an agglomeration of about 220, 000 inhabitants.

Kessenich is the end of the Grensmaas, the part of the Meuse who forms a natural border with the Dutch province Limburg.

The party has good relations with other provincial parties like Party New Limburg with which it together forms the Independent Senate Group.

Under the terms of the Treaty, Luxembourg and the newly formed Duchy of Limburg, both members of the Germanic Confederation, were together required to provide a Federal Contingent distributed among a Light Infantry Battalion garrisoned in Echternach, a Cavalry Squadron in Diekirch, and an Artillery detachment in Ettelbruck.

Limburg ’ s residential neighbourhoods reach beyond the town limits ; the neighbouring centres of Elz and Diez run seamlessly together.

From 1830 until 1839, the villages together with most of Limburg were a part of the newly independent Belgium.

The twelve Limburg pits had together produced around 600 million tonnes of coal when the cabinet of Jo Cals decided to completely close down coal production in the province of Limburg, and the then minister of economic affairs, Joop den Uyl, decided to make a personal visit to the mining centre of Heerlen to announce his decision.

Currently, the Universities of Hasselt and Maastricht work together as the Transnational University Limburg ( tUL )

He thus broke allegiance with Philip and assembled a broad coalition including Emperor Otto IV, King John I of England, Duke Henry I of Brabant, Count William I of Holland, Duke Theobald I of Lorraine, and Duke Henry III of Limburg.

* Duchy of Limburg ( 1839 – 1867 ), duchy in personal union with the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Other major Flemish cities hold similar events, all of which form part of the Festival of Flanders ( Antwerp with Laus Polyphoniae ; Bruges with MAfestival ; Brussels with KlaraFestival ; Limburg with Basilica, Mechelen and Brabant with Novecento and Transit ).

Owing to the favourable soil and climate, the Limburg Basin stands as one of Hesse ’ s richest agricultural regions and moreover, with its convenient Lahn crossing, it has been of great importance to transport since the Middle Ages.

* Rather unlikely but very popular is the connection to a dragon saga ( see Lindworm ) and the connection with the monastery of Saint George the “ Dragon Slayer ” founded in Limburg.

In 1866 the Duchy and with it Limburg passed to Prussia in the wake of the Austro-Prussian War.

The lyrics written in 1841 describe a then – disunited Germany with the river as its western boundary, where King William I of the Netherlands had joined the German Confederation with his Duchy of Limburg in 1839.

The kingdom of Holland covered the area of present day Netherlands, with the exception of Limburg, and parts of Zeeland, which were French territory.

A special part of Limburg is the municipality of Voeren, which is geographically detached from Limburg and the rest of Flanders, with the Netherlands to the north and the Walloon province of Liège to the south.

Tourist attractions include the Dornburg ( 394 metres ), site of some Celtic ruins from La Tène times ( 5th to 1st century BC ), found in the community of the same name, and Limburg an der Lahn, a town with a mediaeval centre.

The northern Seven United Provinces kept parts of Limburg, Brabant, and Flanders during the Eighty Years ' War ( see Generality Lands ), which ended with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648.

In Limburg, it is called hoofdkaas, meaning head cheese, and is eaten on bread or with Limburgisch sausage as a starter.

Gulpen-Wittem () () is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands ( in the province of Limburg ) with 14. 677 inhabitants as of 2008.

When the Netherlands and Belgium separated in 1830, there was support for adding Limburg to Belgium, but in the end ( 1839 ) the province was divided in two, with the eastern part going to the Netherlands and the western part to Belgium.

The combined municipality has approximately 96, 000 inhabitants ( 2007 ) and is thus the second most populated municipality in Limburg ( after Maastricht with 125, 000 inhabitants ).

The area of Echt-Susteren is a green municipality also known as the green waist of Limburg with excellent recreational properties.

* 1477 Brabant and Limburg ( with Eupen ) become ( Austrian ) Habsburg possessions.

The town lies roughly centrally in a basin within the Rhenish Slate Mountains which is surrounded by the low ranges of the Taunus and Westerwald and called the Limburg Basin ( Limburger Becken ).

In 1337, Limburg ’ s Jews were expelled from the town.

From 1919 to 1923, Limburg was the “ capital ” of a short-lived state called Free State Bottleneck ( or Freistaat Flaschenhals in German ) because it was the nearest unoccupied town to the Weimar Republic.

* Limburg an der Lenne, now called Hagen-Hohenlimburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the former chief town of the county of Limburg-Hohenlimburg

* Horn, Netherlands, a town in the Dutch province of Limburg, and a separate municipality until 1991

The Vaalserberg is located in the province of Limburg, at the south-easternmost edge of the country in the municipality of Vaals, near the eponymous town, some three kilometres west of Aachen.

America is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg, originated in the late 19th century.

File: Rowwen_Hèze_fans_in_America, _Limburg, _Nederland. jpg | Rowwen Hèze fans in front of the town sign of America, Limburg

Brunssum () () is a municipality and a town in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands.

Helden () () is a former municipality and a town in the southeastern Netherlands in the province Limburg.

Schinnen () () is a municipality and a town in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands.

Sevenum () () is a town in the province Limburg in the southeastern Netherlands.

Vaals () is a town in the extreme southeastern part of the Dutch province of Limburg, which in its turn finds itself in the southeastern part of the Netherlands.

Venray ( old Dutch spelling: Venraij ) () () is a municipality and a town in Limburg, the Netherlands.

* Valkenburg aan de Geul, a town in the province of Limburg, the southern-most Dutch province

Limbourg ( German and Dutch: Limburg ) is a town located in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium.

In the Middle Ages, the ruling family came to have the rank of duke and so the town was the seat of the Duchy of Limburg, which was a part of the Lower Lorraine region of the Holy Roman Empire.

His one-man shows usually consisted of stories he would tell, often based on the life of his youth in a small town in Limburg, with a typical panoplia of family members, neighbours, friends ( some enemies ), cats and dogs, which he presented in an irresistibly hilarious manner ; and interspersed with simple, charming, crystal clear songs about life, love, and happiness.

* the Upper Quarter ( Bovenkwartier ) of the duchy of Guelders ( around Venlo and Roermond, in the present province of Dutch Limburg, and the town of Geldern in the present German district Kleve )

* Bunde, Netherlands, a town in the municipality of Meerssen in Limburg, the Netherlands.

Houthem () is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg.

Bus: The town can be reached by bus, in this city there are public buses from Veolia Transport ( Limburg )