Bocholtz
Sign in to saveBocholtz (; ) 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
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 20px|flag of Limburg Limburg
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 20px|Flag of Municipality Simpelveld Simpelveld
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 25
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 9.30
- Settlement.population_total
- 3,730
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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.