| Schilberg | |
| Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
| 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: | Echt-Susteren |
| Subdivision Type3: | Town |
| Subdivision Name3: | Pey |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.88 |
| Population Total: | 1,870 |
| 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: | 6101 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0475 |
| Coordinates: | 51.101°N 5.8786°W |
Schilberg (Limburgish: Sjaelberg) is a neighborhood in the Dutch Limburgish village of Echt.[1] It is home to Our Lady of Schilberg, a chapel and pilgrimage site.[2] It was home to 1,870 people in 2021.[3]
Schilberg was first mentioned around 1300 as Scheylberg, and means "leaning hill".[4]
The neighborhood lies west of Pey village center and the N276 and east of Echt and the Roermond-Sittard railroad line.[5] In the southeast lies the hamlet of Slek, in the northeast lies the residential area of Hingen. Schilberg is partly surrounded by agricultural fields, within walking distance from nature reserves. When the neighborhood was still rural, it consisted mainly of farmhouses and small houses for miners and employees of neighboring tile factories. The buildings were concentrated on the junction of Bosstraat and Heerweg. Most of the small houses have now disappeared. The buildings now vary from blocks of flats in the north, terraced houses just south of them, many detached and semi-detached houses and a few rows of terraced houses in the rest of the district.
It used to be a hamlet with a population of 63 people in 1840, but has become part of the town of Echt. The Chapel of Our Lady has been a site of pilgrimage since the 16th century. It used to be an independent parish until 1932 when it was merged into Echt.[6]