Membach () is a village and district of the municipality of Baelen, located in the province of Liège in

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, Belgium. The first time the village is mentioned in written sources is in a document dated 1172. During the 19th century,

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and

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was extracted here. The village church dates from 1722 but has been altered on several occasions since then. There are several historic buildings in the village.

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* {{Liege-geo-stub Populated places in Liège Province