Honthem is a hamlet in the

Limburg Limburg or Limbourg may refer to: Regions * Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium * Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands * Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...

province of the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

, about 7 km from

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; ; ; ) is a city and a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital city, capital and largest city of the province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. Maastricht is loca ...

. It was the first mentioned in 1375 as Huynthem, and means "settlement of Hundo (person)". Honthem has placed name signs. It was home to 127 people in 1840.

Gallery

File:Margraten-Honthem to 43.jpg, House in Honthem File:Honthem Kapel van Onze Lieve Vrouw van Lourdes (1924).jpg, Mary Chapel File:Margraten-Honthem 43 (1).JPG, Farm in Honthem

References

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