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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Limburg, province of the Netherlands
		Limburg is the southern-most of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands, located in the south-east of the country.
		It is bordered by Belgium in the west, Germany in the east, and the province of North Brabant in the north.
		When the Netherlands and Belgium separated in 1830, there was support for adding Limburg to Belgium, but in the end (1839) the province was divided in two, with the eastern part going to the Netherlands and the western part to Belgium.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/li/Limburg%2C_province_of_the_Netherlands (461 words)

	Limburg, province, Netherlands — FactMonster.com
		Wheat is grown, and pigs and poultry are raised.
		The duchy was united (1815) under the kingdom of the Netherlands.
		Limburg prov., as established in 1815, did not correspond to the borders of the old duchy.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0829796.html (224 words)

	AllRefer.com - Limburg, province, Netherlands (Benelux Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Rich in historic antiquities, the province takes its name from the former duchy of Limburg, which comprised the southern part of the modern province, including Maastricht, and an eastern portion of modern LiEge prov.
		Limburg prov., as established in 1815, did not correspond to the borders of the old duchy.
		The Dutch-Belgian treaty of 1839 divided the territory, which was incorporated with the Dutch and Belgian provinces of Limburg.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/LimburgNet.html (351 words)

	Netherlands. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The archbishop of Utrecht is the Roman Catholic primate of the Netherlands.
		The northern provinces, under the leadership of William the Silent, prince of Orange, succeeded (1572–74) in expelling the Spanish garrisons.
		At the Congress of Vienna (1814–15) the former United Provinces and the former Austrian Netherlands were united under King William I, son of William V of Orange.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ne/Nethrlds.html (2868 words)

	Netherlands - MSN Encarta
		The Kingdom of The Netherlands was established in 1815.
		The Netherlands is bounded on the east by Germany, on the south by Belgium, and on the north and west by the North Sea.
		The major rivers of The Netherlands are the Rhine, flowing from Germany, and its several arms, such as the Waal and Nederrijn rivers; and the Maas (a branch of the Meuse) and the Schelde (Escaut), flowing from Belgium.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761572410 (1097 words)

	Limburg, Netherlands
		The former County (and later Duchy) of Limburg, to the east of the Maas, was declared by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to be a province of the kingdom of the United Netherlands, which included the northern provinces of the Netherlands, Belgium and the old diocese of Liège.
		Limburg remained a duchy until 1903, and this is perhaps why the Queen's Commissioner for Limburg is still called Governor and the arms of Limburg province incorporate those of the duchies of Gelderland and Limburg.
		Apart from the towns Limburg is still largely an agricultural province, though since the end of the 19th century industry has come to play a predominant role in the economy.
	www.planetware.com /netherlands/limburg-nl-lb-lb.htm (251 words)

	Limburg, a European Province
		Limburg is both a Dutch province and a European region with a highly distinct character.
		The social and economic trends which affected the province in recent decades generated a process of change and renewal which has enabled Limburg to transform the drawbacks of its national peripheral location into advantages inherent in its European settings.
		Today, Limburg is a European province par excellence and is the metaphorical hand which the Netherlands extends towards Europe.
	www.limburg.nl /en/html/algemeen/Limburg/aeuropeanprovince.asp (73 words)

	Limburg - Encyclopedia.com
		Maastricht, on the Meuse (Maas) River, is the province's capital and chief industrial center.
		Rich in historic antiquities, the province takes its name from the former duchy of Limburg, which comprised the southern part of the modern province, including Maastricht, and an eastern portion of modern Liège prov.
		The province of Limburg has awarded a 10-year, 1.2 billion [euro] contract to Veolia to run commuter trains on the Maastricht-Kerkrade, and Roermond-Nijmegen routes.(Netherlands)
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-LimburgNet.html (1150 words)

	Limburg (Belgium) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Limburg (French: Limbourg) is the easternmost province of Flanders (which is one of the three regions of Belgium), and is located west of the Meuse river.
		It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Liège, Flemish Brabant and Antwerp.
		Limburg's name derives the fortified castle town known as Limbourg, situated on the river Vesdre in the Ardennes, now in the Walloon province of Liège.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Limburg_(Belgium) (470 words)

	Province of Limburg (L)
		In the 12th century the Duchy of Limburg covered part of the south of the current province it was named after.
		Already in 1839 the province was divided between Belgium and the Netherlands.
		The involuntary incorporation in the Netherlands was felt by the population as an occupation for a long time.
	limburgchurches.tripod.com /limburg.html (387 words)

	Pictures of Limburg - the Netherlands
		The southern part of Limburg looks a bit over the border (and everything from far away is better).
		This is a country-seat in the middle of Limburg, Kaldenbroek.
		The highest hill of the Netherlands, 321 meter, lies at the corner with Belgium and Germany.
	www.bamjam.net /Nederland/Limburg.html (467 words)

	Limburg (Netherlands) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is bordered by Belgium in the west, Germany in the east, and the provinces of North Brabant and Gelderland in the north.
		Limburg's name derives the fortified castle town known as Limbourg, situated on the river Vesdre in the Ardennes, nowadays in the Belgian province of Liège.
		Limburg's surface is largely formed by deposits from this Meuse river, consisting of river clay, fertile loessial soil and large deposits of pebblestone, currently being quarried for the construction industry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Limburg_(Netherlands) (1466 words)

	Dutch Travel Phrases
		The Brabantian dialect is used in the North Brabant province of the Netherlands and the Antwerp and Flemish Brabant provinces of Belgium.
		The Kerkraads dialect is used in the city of Kerkrade in the Limburg province of the Netherlands and the city of Herzogenrath in the North Rhine-Westphalia state of Germany.
		The Liemers dialect is used in the Liemers (Lijmers) region of the Gelderland province of the Netherlands.
	www.travelphrases.info /languages/Dutch.htm (559 words)

	Limburg Province (The Netherlands)
		For no province of the Realm (and as such Limburg is to be constitutionally considered) is allowed, as part of the Realm, to have another flag than the National flag of the Netherlands...
		In 1830 Limburg, except for Maastricht, is assigned to Belgium.
		Both Limburgs are united and boast the same flag, approved by the Belgian government.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/nl-li.html (969 words)

	Language in the Netherlands
		Limburgish is spoken in the two provinces of Limburg (Netherlands and Belgium), and in a few border villages in a small neighbouring part of Germany (the Selfkant area).
		The dialects in the north of Dutch Limburg are not considered Limburgish.
		Research has shown that approximately 75% of the inhabitants of the Dutch province of Limburg are able to speak the language.
	taal.phileon.nl /eng/limburgish.php (811 words)

	Limburg Province (The Netherlands)
		For no province of the Realm (and as such Limburg is to be constitutionally considered) is allowed, as part of the Realm, to have another flag than the National flag of the Netherlands...
		In 1830 Limburg, except for Maastricht, is assigned to Belgium.
		Both Limburgs are united and boast the same flag, approved by the Belgian government.
	www.fotw.us /flags/nl-li.html (929 words)

	AllRefer.com - Limburg, province, Belgium (Benelux Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The province is bordered in the east by the Meuse River and is crossed by the Albert Canal.
		Most of Limburg was included in the prince-bishopric of LiEge until 1792.
		It became (1815) part of the Dutch province of Limburg, which was divided between Belgium and the Netherlands in 1839.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/LimburgBel.html (234 words)

	Limburgs - Exeter German Dialects Linklist
		Limburgish is spoken in the two provinces of Limburg (Netherlands & Belgium), and in a few border villages in a small neighbouring part of Germany (the Selfkant area).
		An introduction to the phonology of the Limburg region.
		Limburgish is a language spoken (alongside Dutch) in the provinces of Limburg, in Belgium and the Netherlands.
	www.ex.ac.uk /~pjoyce/dialects/nllimburg.html (780 words)

	International Civic Heraldry-Belgium-Limburg (Province)
		The county Limburg is known since the 10th century.
		The new arms still show the lion of Limburg, with an escutcheon with the arms of the former County of Loon, as the largest part of the province belonged to Loon in the Middle Ages.
		Hasselt is the capital of the province, Tongeren the seat of the oldest High Court of Limburg.
	www.ngw.nl /int/bel/prov/limburg.htm (443 words)

	Limburg Bed and Breakfast overnachten in Limburg - Bed and Breakfast the Netherlands - Bed and Breakfast Nederland ...
		Limburg with a length of 160 kilometers and 6 kilometers at its narrowest point between the Belgium and German border, is located in the south-east of the country and is the most southern province of the Netherlands.
		It is bordered by Belgium in the west, Germany in the east, and the province of North Brabant and a small part of Gelderland in the north.
		Famous caves (mergelgrotten) in Valkenburg aan de Geul (the oldest tourist centre in the Netherlands) are the Gemeentegrot and the Fluweelen Grot.
	bedandbreakfast.bbnl.nl /limburg.html (1367 words)

	Limburg, province, Netherlands — Infoplease.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Wheat is grown, and pigs and poultry are raised.
		On the administrative condition of politics: administrative transformation in the Netherlands.
		The rescue of Jews in Nazi-occupied Belgium, France and the Netherlands *.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0829796.html (332 words)

	www.landscapes.nl - Zuid Limburg, Netherlands
		While everyone has returned from their holidays, Onno is taking photos at the Wijlre estate in the province of Limburg, in the south-east of the Netherlands.
		The town of Valkenburg is the very heart of tourism in the province of Limburg.
		On the spot where the borders of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands meet, two women have climbed the belvedere - but they are not interested in the view.
	www.landscapes.nl /zuid-limburg (490 words)

	Netherlands Provinces
		These three were redundant, because in 1986 they had been merged into the new province of Flevoland, which was one of the twelve provinces shown.
		Aruba and Netherlands Antilles are overseas dependencies of the Netherlands.
		The Netherlands Antilles have a status which is nominally the same as that of the provinces.
	www.statoids.com /unl.html (870 words)

	Netherlands travel guide - Wikitravel
		The Netherlands (also popularly, though inaccurately, called Holland in English, in Dutch Nederland) is a Benelux country in Western Europe, facing onto the North Sea and the United Kingdom and bordered on land by Germany and Belgium.
		The southern Netherlands have a distinct cultural identity because the population is (or was) largely Catholic.
		Quite a few travellers visit the Netherlands to enjoy its famously tolerant attitude: prostitution is legalized and licensed and the sale, possession and consumption of small quantities of cannabis or magic mushrooms, while technically still illegal, is officially tolerated by the authorities under a policy of gedogen (tolerance).
	wikitravel.org /en/Netherlands (7187 words)

	netherlands map and information page
		The Netherlands, inhabited since the Ice Age, were invaded and then controlled by many factions over time, including the Romans, Germanic Franks and Spanish.
		The Netherlands pages are currently being revised, but you can find additional information about the country here.
		Languages Dutch (official) although Fries is spoken in Friesland and a local dialect is used in the Limburg province.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/europe/nl.htm (472 words)

	Cropcircle research
		In 2004 12 cropcircles were found in the Netherlands and 5 in Belgium.
		This is in the Land of Altena in the province Noord-Brabant.
		The crop was laid down in the night of Thursday to Friday (June 12-13 2003) in the neighbourhood of Hoeven in the south of The Netherlands.
	www.leylijnen.com /projectcropcircleenergy.htm (3755 words)

	Council Exchanges: NETHERLANDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The Netherlands is a country of canals and constructed dykes with one quarter lying below sea level.
		Council’s partner in the Netherlands is SIW Internationale Vrijwilligersprojekten, a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1953 whose activities are organized mostly by volunteers.
		LOCATION: Langelo is a small village in the northern area of the Netherlands, near the cities of Assen and Groningen, in the province of Drenthe.
	www.councilexchanges.org /vol/2000DIR/netherlands.htm (1467 words)

	OlafS Provincie Limburg Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com
		Limburg is my favourite province in The Netherlands.
		Of course there are many very different regions in the Netherlands, but the south of Limburg is the only one I have been to that makes me feel like I'm in a totally different country.
		The history of Limburg is so complicated that it takes a brain the size of a planet not only to write a good book about it, but also to understand that book.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/2bb58/318 (604 words)

	Castles on the Web for castles, castle photos, castle of the day: Organizations
		This is the homepage of the Castle Foundation Holland/Zeeland in the Netherlands.
		Foundation which is about the castles in the Limburg province in the Netherlands.
		This is the homepage of the Castle Foundation Gelderland in the Netherlands.
	www.castlesontheweb.com /search/Organizations/more2.html (274 words)

	Who are we?
		The Limax Group comprises various plants in the Netherlands and Poland dealing with the cultivation and sale of fresh mushrooms, primarily button mushrooms.
		The parent company, Limax B.V., has its headquarters in Horst, in the northern part of Limburg province (the Netherlands).
		Like Limax B.V. in the Netherlands, it is involved in purchasing, sorting, packing and distributing fresh button mushrooms, selling them independently in Poland and other European countries.
	www.limax.nl /en/profiel/wie.html (498 words)

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