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Susteren (Dutch: [ˈsʏstərə(n)]; Limburgish: Zöstere [ˈzœstəʀə]) 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. [3] Susteren received city right in 1276.
Neer is a village in Limburg, Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Leudal, on the river Maas about 8 km north of Roermond. History
On 9 November 1939, two British Intelligence Service agents were kidnapped by the Sicherheitsdienst in what became known as the Venlo Incident.The incident was used by the Nazis to link Great Britain to Georg Elser's failed assassination of Hitler at the Bürgerbräukeller the day before and to justify their later invasion of the Netherlands, a neutral country, on 10 May 1940.
Valkenburg aan de Geul (Dutch: [ˈvɑlkə(m)bʏr(ə)x aːn də ˈɣøːl] ⓘ; Limburgish: Valkeberg [ˈvɑl˦əkəˌbæʀ˦əx] ⓘ) is a municipality situated in the southeastern Dutch province of Limburg. The name refers to the central town in the municipality, Valkenburg, and the small river Geul passing through it.
Maastricht (/ ˈ m ɑː s t r ɪ x t / MAH-strikht, US also / m ɑː ˈ s t r ɪ x t / mah-STRIKHT, [8] [9] [10] Dutch: [maːˈstrɪxt] ⓘ; Limburgish: Mestreech [məˈstʀeːx]; French: Maestricht (archaic); Spanish: Mastrique (archaic)) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands.
Nuth (Dutch: ⓘ; Limburgish: Nut) is a village and a former municipality in the province of Limburg, situated in the southern Netherlands.In January 2019, the municipality merged with Schinnen and Onderbanken to form Beekdaelen.
America is part of the municipality of Horst aan de Maas in Limburg, and lies approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) northwest of Venlo, 23 km (14 mi) east of Helmond, and 16 km (9.9 mi) west of the German border. The town is located within the agricultural Peel region of the Netherlands where peat extraction has been practiced since the Middle Ages.
