Stramproy ( li, Rooj, is a village in the

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province of

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. It is located in the municipality of

Weert Weert (; li, Wieërt ) is a municipality and city in the southeastern Netherlands located in the western part of the province of Limburg. It lies on the Eindhoven–Maastricht railway line, and is also astride the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal. Popu ...

History

The village was first mentioned in 1299 as Stramprode. Stramproy developed in the early middle ages on the edge of the

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region. The St Willibrordus Church is a three aisled church built between 1922 and 1923 as a replacement of the medieval church. It has a tower on the side with a large needle spire. The tower was built in the 14th century and the spire was added around 1700. Stramproy was a separate municipality until 1998, when it was merged with Weert.

Location

Stramproy lies near the Dutch/

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border, about five kilometers south of the city limits of

. The provincial road N292 runs through the village in a north-south direction and connects to the Belgian N762 at the border, which leads to the city of

Maaseik Maaseik (; li, Mezeik) is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg. Both in size (close to 77 km2) and in population (approx. 25,000 inhabitants, of whom some 3,000 non-Belgian), it is the 8th largest municipality in Limburg ...

. To the north, between Stramproy and Weert, lies the smaller village of Tungelroy.

Gallery

File:Stamproy, kerk foto4 2011-03-20 13.56.JPG, Stramproy, church File:Stramproy MolenVanNijs 02.jpg, Windmill Molen van Nijs File:Tramhalt Stramproy.jpg, House Tramhalt File:Gemeentehuis Stramproy.jpg, Former town hall

References

Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1998 Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Weert {{LimburgNL-geo-stub