Kerkrade
Sign in to saveKerkrade (; Ripuarian: ; ; or Kirchrath) is a town and a municipality in the southeast of Limburg, the southernmost province of the Netherlands. It forms part of the Parkstad Limburg agglomeration.
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Kerkrade is a town located in the southeastern part of Limburg, the southernmost province of the Netherlands. It is part of a larger regional area called Parkstad Limburg.
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- Kerkrade
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- Kirchroa (Ripuarian)
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- Municipality
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- Kerkrade-Stadhuis.jpg
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- Kerkrade city hall
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- Flag of Kerkrade.svg
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- Kerkrade wapen.svg
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- Map - NL - Municipality code 0928 (2009).svg
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- Highlighted position of Kerkrade in a municipal map of Limburg
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- Location in Limburg
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- History
- The border along Nieuwstraat/Neustraße
- Population centres
- Music
- Transportation
- Reservoir
- Sports
- Notable people
- Sport
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Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ; ; or Kirchrath) is a town and a municipality in the southeast of Limburg, the southernmost province of the Netherlands. It forms part of the Parkstad Limburg agglomeration.
Kerkrade is the western half of a divided city; until 1795 the city was part of the Austrian Netherlands and from 1795 to 1815 it was part of the French Empire. In 1815, the Congress of Vienna created the current Dutch-German border and divided the town into the Dutch Kerkrade and the Prussian (German) Herzogenrath. This means that the eastern end of Kerkrade marks the international border.