Wittem

Wittem (, ) is a small village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem.

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Settlement.name: Wittem
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Wittemwkped06.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Monastery at Wittem
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: Gulpen-Wittem
Settlement.elevation_m: 93
Settlement.area_total_km2: 0.94
Settlement.population_total: 730
Settlement.population_as_of: 2021

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Official name: Wittem
Population: 2769
Image: Wittem-Kasteel Wittem (2).JPG

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postal code: 6286
Commons category: Wittem

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Wittem (, ) is a small village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem.

== History == The village was first mentioned in 1125 as Witham, and means "silted land in a bend in a waterway". Wittem developed in the Early Middle Ages. In the 13th century, a castle was built near the confluence of the Selzerbeek with the Geul. It used to be a free heerlijkheid (=no fief), but was bought by Ferdinand von Plettenberg in 1722 and elevated to barony in 1732.