Limburg an der Lahn ( officially: Limburg a. d. Lahn ) is the district seat of Limburg-Weilburg in Hesse, Germany.

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 ).

Its landmark is the Domäne Blumenrod, a former manor house that has been restored and remodelled by the Limburg Free Evangelical community.

Limburg ’ s biggest outlying centre is Lindenholzhausen ( 3, 329 residents as of June 2006 ); the second biggest is Linter.

The derivation of the name “ Limburg ” is not quite clear and may well hearken back to a castle built here ( Burg means “ castle ” in German ).

* 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.

Limburg is first mentioned in documents in 910 under the name of Lintpurc when Louis the Child granted Konrad Kurzbold an estate in the community on which he was to build a church.

There is proof of a mint in Limburg in 1180.

It is located in the southern part of the Dutch province of Limburg, of which it is the capital.

* 2002 – The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.

* Half of the Limburg province of Belgium is added to the Netherlands ( since 1839 there is a Belgian Limburg and Dutch Limburg ).

The real festival is held in the southern part of the Netherlands in the provinces of Noord-Brabant and Limburg, and in eastern parts of Twente and Groningen.

Carnival in the Netherlands is also called " Vastenavond " or " Vastelaovend ( j )", and is most celebrated in Catholic regions, mainly the southern provinces North Brabant and Limburg.

One variant of Dutch Carnival is known as the Rijnlandsche Carnival, which can be seen in the province of Limburg.

The party is weak in peripheral provinces like Friesland, Overijssel, Zeeland and Limburg.

Limburger is a cheese that originated during the 19th century in the historical Duchy of Limburg, which is now divided among modern-day Belgium, Germany, and Netherlands.

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

In the long conflict ( known as the " Borculo question ") between the heirs of the last count of Limburg-Bronkhorst, Joost ( deceased in 1553 without children ), and the Prince-Bishop of Munster over ownership of Borculo, the Court of Gelderland ruled on 20 December 1615 in favour of count Joost van Limburg and Bronkhorst.

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

* Limburg Cathedral ( Roman Catholic ), also known as Georgsdom or Limburger Dom in German after its dedication to Saint George

Anthony, Duke of Brabant, also known as Antoine de Brabant, Antoine de Bourgogne and Anthony of Burgundy ( August 1384 – 25 October 1415, in the battle of Agincourt ), was Duke of Brabant, Lothier and Limburg.

The band is known for their energetic shows ( of which they've played over 1500 ) and songs with lyrics mostly in Dutch and English, and a few songs in German and Limburgs ( a dialect spoken in the Dutch province of Limburg ).

He most likely was born in the town of Lauw near Tongeren in the province of Limburg, though the date is only known approximately.

Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging (), commonly known as Sint-Truiden or STVV () or by their nickname De Kanaries (, is a Belgian professional football club located in the city of Sint-Truiden in Limburg.

An area known as Limburg of the States, consisting of parts of Overmaas, was ceded to the Dutch Republic.

She is known to have traveled to several cities in Western Europe ; she became a mistress of Philipp Ferdinand of Limburg Stirum and lived off his money in the hope that the count would marry her.

* Hagen-Hohenlimburg, formerly known as Limburg an der Lenne, a present day borough of the city of Hagen, Germany, or

Hagen-Hohenlimburg ( formerly known as Limburg an der Lenne, changed to Hohenlimburg in 1903 ), on the Lenne river, is a borough of the city of Hagen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

old friend of Bouterse and also suspect in the December murders trial, Errol Alibux ( for his role as counselor of Bouterse ), vicar Steve Meye ( receiving payments for his role as Bouterse's " spiritual mentor ") and the journalist Clifton Limburg.

Bouterse appointed Limburg as the only official press secretary for the President of Suriname.

The only forces immediately available for Vienna's defence were Prince Louis of Baden's force of 36, 000 stationed in the Lines of Stollhofen to watch Marshal Tallard at Strasbourg ; there was also a weak force of 10, 000 men under Field Marshal Count Limburg Styrum observing Ulm.

The crusaders, led not by Frederick but by his representatives Richard Filangieri, Henry IV, Duke of Limburg, and Hermann of Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, arrived in the east late in 1227, and while waiting for the emperor they set about refortifying Sidon, where they built the sea castle, and Montfort, which later became the headquarters of the Teutonic Knights.

The boundaries of certain provinces, arrondissements and municipalities were modified ( among others, Mouscron became a part of Hainaut and Voeren became a part of Limburg ) and facilities for linguistic minorities were introduced in 25 municipalities.

* Bereich Hauptsitz Koblenz was the headquarters for 12 Unterregion-Hauptsitze, namely Trier I, Trier II, Koblenz, Neuwied, Kreuznach, Wiesbaden, Limburg an der Lahn, Lahn, Mainz, Worms, Darmstadt and Luxembourg.

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( Belgian Limburg, like the rest of Belgium, was part of Holland for some decades after the fall of Napoleon.

The 123 km-long canal runs through the Belgian province of Limburg, the Dutch province of Limburg and, for the largest part, through the Dutch province of North Brabant.

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.

Below the Moerdijk ( meaning " south of Moerdijk " or " below the major rivers ") is also a Dutch expression for the Catholic provinces North Brabant and Limburg ".

* in Germany there were also four major occupation zones: the British Zone ( after three consecutive Military governors from 22 May 1945, the last stayed on as first of three consecutive High Commissioners 21 September 1949 – 5 May 1955 ), the US Zone ( after five Military governors from 8 May 1945, four High Commissioners 2 September 1949 – 5 May 1955 ), the Soviet Zone ( after a military commander April 1945 – 9 June 1945 who stayed as first of three Military governors 9 June 1945 – 10 October 1949, the last of whom stayed on as only Chairman of the Soviet Control Commission 10 October 1949 – 28 May 1953, two High commissioners 28 May 1953 – 20 September 1955 ) and the French Zone ( after a Military commander from May 1945 and a Military governor from July 1945, a single High commissioner 21 September 1949 – 5 May 1955 ); the Nazi capital, Berlin, enclaved in the Soviet zone, is separately quartered under four military City Commanders ; only the small Dutch zone by the border is destined for annexation in 1949, so it is divided up in two districts, each under a landdrost ( Tudderen, attached to the province of ( Dutch ) Limburg and Elten, attached to Gelderland province ), but returned to Germany after compensation payments and minor border corrections on 11 August 1963

# The Duchy of Limburg ( became a member in 1839 as a compensation for territorial losses in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg that were caused by the breakup of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The battle was fought for the possession of the Duchy of Limburg, and was one of the largest battles in Europe in the Middle Ages.

Political leaders in the province of Limburg, most notably Sjeng Tans, the chairman of the Dutch Labour Party and former member of the Limburg provincial council and Maastricht city council, successfully lobbied for the new medical school to be established in Maastricht.

The Limburg University Fund, a fundraising foundation associated with the UM, administers a scholarship fund for students from emerging markets.

After the collapse of this confederation in 1866, Limburg as a duchy ceased to exist and was for good incorporated into the Kingdom of the Netherlands as a province.

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