Berg, Valkenburg Explained

Berg
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Limburg
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Valkenburg aan de Geul
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:123
Area Total Km2:1.43
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:3,095
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:6325
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:043

Berg (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈbɛr(ə)x/; in Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish ˈbæʀ(ə)x/) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul, and lies about 7 km east of Maastricht.

The village was first mentioned in 1139 as Berga, and means hill.[3] Berg is located on the plateau of Margraten and used to be long to the .[4]

The St Monulphus and Gondulphus Church is a three-aisled church made out of chalk stone. It was built between 1931 and 1933.[4]

Berg was home to 314 people in 1840. Until 1982, Berg and the neighbouring hamlet of Terblijt constituted the municipality of Berg en Terblijt, which also covered the small hamlets of Geulhem and Vilt.[5]

References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 6325AA . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 26 April 2022 .
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 26 April 2022.
  3. Web site: Berg - (geografische naam) . Etymologiebank . 26 April 2022 . nl.
  4. Book: Berg en Terblijt . Sabine Broekhoven, & Ronald Stenvert. 2003 . Waanders . Zwolle . 90 400 9623 6 . 26 April 2022 . nl.
  5. Web site: Berg en Terblijt . Plaatsengids . 26 April 2022 . nl.