Amstenrade
Sign in to saveAmstenrade is a village in the municipality of Beekdaelen, in the Netherlands. It is located about 7 km northwest of Heerlen. The Amstenrade Castle is located in the village.
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Place details
- Locality
- Amstenrade
- Region
- Limburg
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 1,740
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Amstenrade
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Amstenrade, kerk foto5 2011-09-27 16.28.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Amstenrade church
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag Amsterade.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Amstenrade wapen.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Limburg
- Population
- +318
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Amstenrade, kerk foto5 2011-09-27 16.28.JPG
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Article
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Amstenrade Castle
- Gallery
- References
Amstenrade is a village in the municipality of Beekdaelen, in the Netherlands. It is located about 7 km northwest of Heerlen. The Amstenrade Castle is located in the village.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1274 as Anstenroden, and means "cultivation of the forest of Ansto (person)". Amstenrade developed in the Middle Ages on a plateau. The area was cultivated in the 13th century from the Geleenbeek onwards. It was originally a heerlijkheid. In 1654, it was elevated to county. The village concentrated around Amstenrade Castle and the road from Sittard to Heerlen.