Bemelen (; li, Bieëmele ) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is part of the municipality of

Eijsden-Margraten Eijsden-Margraten (; ( li, Èèsjde-Mergraote) is a municipality situated in the very south of the Netherlands. There it is located in the southeastern part of the province of Limburg. This municipality was formed in 2011 from the former municipa ...

, and lies about 5 km east of

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...

. The village was first mentioned in 1096 as Bemele. The etymology is unknown. Bemelen is a village on the eastern flank of the Maas along the Roman road from

to Aachen. Until 1794, it was a ''

heerlijkheid A ''heerlijkheid'' (a Dutch word; pl. ''heerlijkheden''; also called ''heerschap''; Latin: ''Dominium'') was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas in the Dutch-speaking Low Countries before 1800 ...

'' of the in

. The Catholic St Laurentius Church is a single aisled church. The tower has 12th century elements. The church was replaced in 1845 by a neoclassical building. Bemelen was home to 138 people in 1840. Until 1982, Bemelen was a separate municipality, after which it became part of the municipality

Margraten Margraten (; li, Mergraote) is a village and a former municipality in the southeastern part of the Netherlands. On 1 January 2011 this former municipality merged with a neighbouring one, which resulted in the new Eijsden-Margraten municipality ...

, which fused with municipality Eijsden in 2011 to form Eijsden-Margraten.

Gallery

File:Bemelerberg Limburg.jpg, Marl of the Bemelerberg (Bemelen mountain) showing File:Bemelen-Gasthuis 59 (1).JPG, Monumental building at Bemelen-Gasthuis File:Bemelen Zwingelput en kerk 4.jpg, Church and water well File:Bemelen-Sint Laurentiusstraat 16.JPG, House in Bemelen

References

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