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Ulestraten

Ulestraten () is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Meerssen. It is surrounded by several forests.

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Place details

Locality: Ulestraten
Region: Limburg
Country: Nederland

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Ulestraten
Settlement.other_name: Ulesjtraote
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Ulestraten.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Place name sign and Huize Vliek
Settlement.image_flag: Ulestraten vlag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Ulestraten wapen HRvA.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

Country: Netherlands
Area: +1.81
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Image: Ulestraten.jpg

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Ulestraten () is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Meerssen. It is surrounded by several forests.

== History == The village was first mentioned in 1335 as Hulenstroten, and is combination of "land near water" and "swampy place with shrubbery". Ulestration developed in the Middle Ages on the plateau of Schimmert. Between 1626 and 1794, it was a heerlijkheid within the . Between June 1814 and May 1815, it was part of Prussia, but awarded to the Kingdom of the Netherlands at the Congress of Vienna. Ulestraten became an independent parish in 1833.