Banholt (

Limburgish Limburgish ( or ; ; also Limburgian, Limburgic or Limburgan) refers to a group of South Low Franconian Variety (linguistics), varieties spoken in Belgium and the Netherlands, characterized by their distance to, and limited participation ...

: ''Tebannet'') is a village in the

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province of

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. It is part of the municipality of

Eijsden-Margraten Eijsden-Margraten (; ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality situated in the very south of the Netherlands. There it is located in the southeastern part of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. ...

and lies about 10 km southeast of

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. The village was first mentioned in 1294 or 1295 as Bannoyt. Banholt which developed in the Middle Ages on the plateau of Margraten. In the 18th century, it became a road village. The Catholic St Gerlachus Church is a three aisled church with wide church which was constructed between 1874 and 1876. Banholt was home to 471 people in 1840.

Gallery

File:Banholt-Kerk (2).jpg, St Gerlachus Church File:Banholt-Mheerderweg 65 (2).JPG, Court of a farm in Banholt File:Banholt-Bredeweg 2A (1).JPG, Building in Banholt

References

Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Eijsden-Margraten {{LimburgNL-geo-stub