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Broekhuizenvorst
Sign in to saveBroekhuizenvorst is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Horst aan de Maas and lies 18 km north of Venlo.
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- Locality
- Broekhuizenvorst
- Region
- Limburg
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 870
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Broekhuizenvorst
- Settlement.other_name
- Vors
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Church Broekhuizenvorst.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Holy Name of Jesus Church
- 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
- Limburg
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Horst aan de Maas
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 17
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 0.40
- Settlement.population_total
- 850
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Horst aan de Maas
- Area
- 5.83
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Meuse
- Image
- Church Broekhuizenvorst.JPG
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Broekhuizenvorst is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Horst aan de Maas and lies 18 km north of Venlo.
The village was first mentioned in 1294 or 1295 as "apud Vorste", and means "not fenced off forest near Broekhuizen". Broekhuizen was added to distinguish from Grubbenvorst. Broekhuizenvorst developed on the Maas in the Early Middle Ages. It used to be part of the . In 1323, it became part of the Duchy of Guelders. In 1648, it became part of the Spanish Netherlands. In 1673, it became an independent parish. In 1713, it belonged to Prussia, and finally in 1815, it became part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Broekhuizenvorst” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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