Official Name: | Bocholtz |
Native Name: | Bóches (Ripuarian) |
Settlement Type: | Town |
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: | Simpelveld |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 25 |
Area Total Km2: | 9.30 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 3,730 |
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: | 6085 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0475 |
Coordinates: | 50.8193°N 6.0057°W |
Bocholtz (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈbɔxɔlts/; Ripuarian: Bóches pronounced as /ˈbʊχəs/ is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Simpelveld, and lies about 7 km southwest of Kerkrade. Until 1982, it was a separate municipality.
Bocholtz dates back to the Roman era. A Roman villa was found in the Vlengendaal, a street of Bocholtz, in 1911. A farmer plowing his land found a Roman sarcophagus in October 2003.
The Castle De Bongard dates from the 16th century. The current building only represents 1/4 of the original building. The rest was destroyed during the invasion by the French during the Napoleonic Wars.
Hoeve Overhuizen is a fortified farm with roots dating back as far as the 13th century.
In 2015, Rabobank moved in after redecorating the interior of the building to make it their regional headquarters.
The James the Greater Church was built between 1869 and 1873 by architect Pierre Cuypers. Construction workers expanding the church in 1953 found the remains of a building from the late medieval period on the same site. The patron saint of the church is St. James, son of Zebedee.
Bocholtz is part of the Netherlands and therefore the official language is Dutch. Many people also speak Bocholtzer, a Southeast Limburgish dialect that is linguistically Ripuarian but commonly perceived as a Limburgish dialect.