Landgraaf (; li, Lankgraaf ) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

in southeastern Limburg,

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, forming part of the Parkstad Limburg agglomeration. ''Snow World'' is the largest indoor ski

piste A ''piste'' () is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports. This European term is French

in Europe.

Population centres

* Nieuwenhagen * Schaesberg *

Ubach over Worms Ubach over Worms () is a former municipality located in the southeast of the Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. In 1982 it was incorporated into the new municipality of Landgraaf along with Schaesberg and Nieuwenhagen. The German name for thi ...

Topography

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Landgraaf, June 2015''

Special information

A pop music festival called Pinkpop is held annually on the

Pentecost Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christian holiday which takes place on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers ...

weekend in Schaesberg, a town in Landgraaf. Landgraaf is home to the largest indoor ski

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in Europe, called Snow World.Snow World Landgraaf
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Notable natives

Johan Kremers Dr. Johan (Sjeng) Kremers (born 10 May 1933) was the Queen's Commissioner of the Dutch province of Limburg from 1977 to 1990. Early life Kremers was born in Nieuwenhagen, a village in the province of Limburg, in the very south of the Netherla ...

(born 1933 in Nieuwenhagen) a Queen's Commissioner of Limburg from 1977 to 1990 * Harry Kempen (1937 in Nieuwenhagen – 2000) a cultural psychologist and academic * Joep Lange (1954 in Nieuwenhagen – 2014) a Dutch clinical researcher in HIV therapy, International AIDS Society from 2002 to 2004 *

Annemarie Mol Annemarie Mol (born 13 September 1958) is a Dutch ethnographer and philosopher. She is the Professor of Anthropology of the Body at the University of Amsterdam. Winner of the Constantijn & Christiaan Huijgens Grant from the NWO in 1990 to study ...

(born 1958 in Schaesberg) a Dutch ethnographer, philosopher and academic * Henk Blezer (born 1961 in Schaesberg) a Dutch Tibetologist,

Indologist Indology, also known as South Asian studies, is the academic study of the history and cultures, languages, and literature of the Indian subcontinent, and as such is a subset of Asian studies. The term ''Indology'' (in German, ''Indologie'') i ...

, and scholar of Buddhist studies * Sharon Walraven (born 1970 in Schaesberg) a Dutch wheelchair tennis player, silver medallist at the

2000 Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ...

and gold medallist at the 2008 Paralympics * Carach Angren (formed 2003 in Landgraaf) is a

symphonic black metal Symphonic black metal is a subgenre of black metal that emerged in the 1990s and incorporates symphonic and orchestral elements. Notable symphonic black metal bands include Cradle Of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, and Carach Angren. History ...

band

Gallery

File:Woonhuis Broekhuizenstraat 107.jpg, Woonhuis Broekhuizenstraat, Landgraaf File:Im Freizeitpark "Mondo Verde" - panoramio (2).jpg, Im Freizeitpark - Mondo Verde File:Pastorie Nieuwenhagerheide Hoogstraat 139.jpg, Pastorie Nieuwenhagerheide Hoogstraat File:Im Freizeitpark "Mondo Verde" - panoramio.jpg, Im Freizeitpark - Mondo Verde File:Grensstraat 129 gevel N.-W..jpg, Grensstraat 129 gevel, Landgraaf-Waubach

References

External links

*
Official website
Municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) South Limburg (Netherlands) {{LimburgNL-geo-stub