Landgraaf (; ) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in southeastern Limburg,

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, forming part of the

Parkstad Limburg Parkstad Limburg (; Ripuarian language, Ripuarian and ) is a conurbation of seven municipalities of the Netherlands, municipalities in the southern part of the province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg in the Netherlands. Consisting of Heerlen, ...

agglomeration. ''SnowWorld'' is the largest indoor ski piste in Europe.

Population centres

* Nieuwenhagen * Schaesberg * Ubach over Worms

Topography

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Landgraaf, June 2015''

Attractions

A pop music festival called Pinkpop is held annually on the

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weekend in Schaesberg, a town in Landgraaf. Landgraaf is home to the largest indoor ski piste in Europe, called SnowWorld.Snow World Landgraaf
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Notable natives

* Johan Kremers (born 1933 in Nieuwenhagen) a Queen's Commissioner of Limburg from 1977 to 1990 * Harry Kempen (1937 in Nieuwenhagen – 2000) a cultural psychologist and academic * Joep Lange (1954 in Nieuwenhagen – 2014) a Dutch clinical researcher in HIV therapy, International AIDS Society from 2002 to 2004 * Annemarie Mol (born 1958 in Schaesberg) a Dutch ethnographer, philosopher and academic * Henk Blezer (born 1961 in Schaesberg) a Dutch Tibetologist, Indologist, and scholar of Buddhist studies * Sharon Walraven (born 1970 in Schaesberg) a Dutch wheelchair tennis player, silver medallist at the 2000 Paralympics and gold medallist at the 2008 Paralympics * Carach Angren (formed 2003 in Landgraaf) is a symphonic black metal band

Gallery

File:Woonhuis Broekhuizenstraat 107.jpg, Woonhuis Broekhuizenstraat, Landgraaf File:Im Freizeitpark "Mondo Verde" - panoramio (2).jpg, Im Freizeitpark - Mondo Verde File:Pastorie Nieuwenhagerheide Hoogstraat 139.jpg, Pastorie Nieuwenhagerheide Hoogstraat File:Im Freizeitpark "Mondo Verde" - panoramio.jpg, Im Freizeitpark - Mondo Verde File:Grensstraat 129 gevel N.-W..jpg, Grensstraat 129 gevel, Landgraaf-Waubach

References

External links

*
Official website
Municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) South Limburg (Netherlands) {{LimburgNL-geo-stub