Hulsberg (; ) is a village in the southeastern

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. It is located in the

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Beekdaelen Beekdaelen (; ) is a municipality in the province of Limburg, situated in the southern Netherlands. It was formed as a merger of Nuth, Onderbanken and Schinnen. Beekdaelen has 35,853 inhabitants. It does not have a capital. The town hall of the m ...

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, about 15 km east of

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History

The village was first mentioned in 1147 as Huleberga, and means "hill of holly (''

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'')". The area around Hulsberg was donated to the in 968. Hulsberg is a village with a ' (type of village square). The Catholic St Clemens Church is a three aisled church from 1820. In 1908,

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designed a new choir. The remainder was redesigned in 1930. Hulsberg was home to 332 people in 1840. Until 1982, Hulsberg was a municipality of its own. After the re-arrangement of the municipalities in the Netherlands, Hulsberg and

Schimmert Schimmert (; ) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Beekdaelen. History The village was first mentioned in the mid-11th century as "de Scinmottera". The etymology is unclear. Schimmert is a villa ...

were merged with the municipality of

Nuth Nuth (; ) is a village and a former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the province of Limburg, situated in the southern Netherlands. In January 2019, the municipality merged with Schinnen and Onderbanken to form Beekdaelen. The v ...

. In 2019, Nuth merged into

. Hulsberg is popular stay-over place for Dutch. Its accommodations include two

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s, and several

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s and

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s). Hulsberg is only 3 kilometres from

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with several tourist attractions. Hulsberg is the namesake of a

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, Zendmast Hulsberg, which is located in the territory of

Gallery

File:Hulsbergkloasterwkped06.JPG, Monastery File:Hulsberg-Gemeenschapshuis De Lange Berg.jpg, Community house File:Hulsberg-Basisschool Hulsberg.jpg, School in Hulsberg File:Hölsbergmergellandbordwkped06.JPG, Mergellandroute sign in Hulsberg

Notable people

Peter Akkermans Peter M. M. G. Akkermans (born Hulsberg, 14 November 1957) is a Dutch archaeologist and emeritus Professor of Ancient Near Eastern archaeology at Leiden University.

, archaeologist (born 1957) * Tjarco Cuppens, racing cyclist (born 1976) * Jan Gerard Kerkherdere, Latinist (1677–1738) *

Ada Kok Aagje ("Ada") Kok (born 6 June 1947, in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a Dutch former swimmer who ranked among the world's best in the butterfly stroke category during the 1960s. Her international career started in 1962 when, at the age of fifteen ...

, swimmer (born 1947) * Johannes Herman Frederik Umbgrove, geologist (1899–1954)

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Beekdaelen