Wessem
Sign in to saveWessem is a small city in the Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. Wessem is a part of the municipality of Maasgouw. It received city rights around 1320.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Wessem
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Small city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Wessem, de Medarduskerk RM38678 foto6 2017-05-10 17.08.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Medardus Church
- Settlement.image_flag
- Wessem vlag 1975.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Wessem wapen.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
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Limburg
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Maasgouw
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 23
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 5.37
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Wessem is a small city in the Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. Wessem is a part of the municipality of Maasgouw. It received city rights around 1320.
==History== First mentioned in 965 as Wisheim, which means "good settlement", it received city rights around 1320.
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