Bocholtz

Bocholtz (; ) is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Simpelveld, and lies about 7 km southwest of Kerkrade. Until 1982, it was a separate municipality.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Bocholtz
Settlement.native_name: (Ripuarian)
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: View on church of Bocholtz from Orsbacherweg.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: The church in Bocholtz as seen from the Orsbacherweg
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
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1

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History
Architecture and buildings
Castle De Bongard
Hoeve Overhuizen
Church
Regional language
Gallery
References

Bocholtz (; ) is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Simpelveld, and lies about 7 km southwest of Kerkrade. Until 1982, it was a separate municipality.

== History == Bocholtz dates back to the Roman era. A Roman villa was found in the Vlengendaal, a street of Bocholtz, in 1911. A farmer plowing his land found a Roman sarcophagus in October 2003.