Bunde (; li, Bung ) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of

Meerssen Meerssen (; li, Meersje ) is a town and a municipality in southeastern Netherlands. History The Treaty of Meerssen was signed in Meerssen in 870. The Treaty of Meerssen was an agreement of the division of the Carolingian Empire by the surviving ...

, about 2 km northwest of Meerssen itself.

History

The village was first mentioned in 893 as Bundende. The etymology is unclear. Bunde developed on the eastern flank of the Maas Valley. It used to belong to the . In 1626, it became an independent ''

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 ...

''. Between June 1814 until May 1815, it was part of

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...

, but awarded to the

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by the

Congress of Vienna The Congress of Vienna (, ) of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon B ...

. The Old St Agnes Church is a single aisled church with a double tower at the front. In 1714, the medieval church was replaced by the current church. The tower burnt down in 1822 after a lightning strike. The New St Agnes Church is an aisleless church with concrete tower built between 1959 and 1960. Bunde was home to 386 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1982, when it became part of the municipality

Transportation

* Bunde railway station * Bus services - 17, 52, 98

Notable people

* Angel-Eye (born 1974), artist, composer and producer *

Willem Victor Bartholomeus Willem Victor Bartholomeus ( Bunde, 11 February 1825 – Zwolle, 13 August 1892) was a Dutch organist and conductor. He was born in the family of sexton/organist/church singer Jan/Jean Bartholomeus and Maria Cornelia Isabella Hagemans. His brothe ...

(1825–1892), organist and composer *

Jef Lahaye Jef Lahaye (2 December 1932 – 12 April 1990) was a Dutch professional racing cyclist. He rode in three editions of the Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, w ...

(1932–1990), racing cyclist * Jan Lambrichs (1915–1990), racing cyclist * Godfried Pieters (born 1936), sculptor * Manouk Pluis (born 1999), actress * Kyara Stijns (born 1995), racing cyclist * Pauline van de Ven (born 1956), writer and visual artist

Gallery

File:Bunde-Geulstraat 47 (2).JPG, Estate Rustenburg File:Bungawkèrkwkped05.JPG, Old St Agnes Church File:Bunde-Meerstraat 25 (1).jpg, Farm in Bunde File:Bunde-Pasweg 1.JPG, House in Bunde

References

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