Limbourg, the Glossary
Limbourg (German and Dutch: Limburg; Limbôr) or Limbourg-sur-Vesdre is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.[1]
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39 relations: Arrondissement of Verviers, Austrian Netherlands, Baelen, Belgium, Brian Eno, Burgundian Netherlands, Dison, Dolhain, Duchy of Limburg, Dutch language, First French Empire, Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine, French First Republic, German language, Germanic languages, Germanic toponymy, Habsburg Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire, Jalhay, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Liège Province, Limburg Abbey, Lime (material), Limes (Roman Empire), List of protected heritage sites in Limbourg, Lower Lotharingia, Middle Ages, Municipalities of Belgium, Population density, Socialist Party (Belgium), Spanish Netherlands, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Treaty of Joinville, United Kingdom of the Netherlands, Verviers, Vesdre, Wallonia, War of the Spanish Succession, Welkenraedt.
Arrondissement of Verviers
The Arrondissement of Verviers (Arrondissement de Verviers; Verwaltungsbezirk Verviers; Arrondissement Verviers) is one of the four administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Liège, Belgium.
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Austrian Netherlands
The Austrian Netherlands Oostenrijkse Nederlanden; Pays-Bas Autrichiens; Österreichische Niederlande; Belgium Austriacum.
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Baelen
Baelen (Bailou) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Limbourg and Baelen are municipalities of Liège Province.
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and visual artist.
Burgundian Netherlands
In the history of the Low Countries, the Burgundian Netherlands (Burgundiae Belgicae, Pays-Bas bourguignons., Bourgondische Nederlanden, Burgundesch Nidderlanden, Bas Payis borguignons) or the Burgundian Age is the period between 1384 and 1482, during which a growing part of the Low Countries was ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy.
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Dison
Dison (Dizon) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Limbourg and Dison are municipalities of Liège Province.
Dolhain
Dolhain is the industrial centre of the city of Limbourg, Wallonia, in the Belgian province of Liège.
Duchy of Limburg
The Duchy of Limburg or Limbourg was an imperial estate of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Dutch language
Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.
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First French Empire
The First French Empire, officially the French Republic, then the French Empire after 1809 and also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.
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Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine
Frederick of Luxembourg (– 18 May 1065) was a younger son of Frederick, Lord of Gleiberg.
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French First Republic
In the history of France, the First Republic (Première République), sometimes referred to in historiography as Revolutionary France, and officially the French Republic (République française), was founded on 21 September 1792 during the French Revolution.
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German language
German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.
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Germanic languages
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa.
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Germanic toponymy
Germanic toponyms are the names given to places by Germanic peoples and tribes.
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Habsburg Netherlands
Habsburg Netherlands was the Renaissance period fiefs in the Low Countries held by the Holy Roman Empire's House of Habsburg.
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Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.
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Jalhay
Jalhay (Djalhé) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Limbourg and Jalhay are municipalities of Liège Province.
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S.) was an English soldier and statesman.
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Liège Province
Liège (Lîdje; Luik; Lüttich) is the easternmost province of the Wallonia region of Belgium.
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Limburg Abbey
Limburg Abbey is a ruined abbey near Bad Dürkheim, at the edge of the Palatinate Forest in Germany.
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Lime (material)
Lime is an inorganic material composed primarily of calcium oxides and hydroxides.
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Limes (Roman Empire)
Limes (Latin;,: limites) is a term used primarily for the Germanic border defence or delimiting system of Ancient Rome marking the borders of the Roman Empire.
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List of protected heritage sites in Limbourg
This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Limbourg.
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Lower Lotharingia
The Duchy of Lower Lotharingia, also called Northern Lotharingia, Lower Lorraine or Northern Lorraine (and also referred to as Lothier or Lottier in titles), was a stem duchy established in 959, of the medieval Kingdom of Germany, which encompassed almost all of modern Belgium, Luxemburg, the northern part of the German Rhineland province and the eastern parts of France's Nord-Pas de Calais region, it also include almost all of modern Netherlands (the region of Frisia and the rest of the Netherlands was loosely associated with the duchy but duke exercised no de facto control over the territory).
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
Municipalities of Belgium
Belgium comprises 581 municipalities (gemeenten; communes; Gemeinden), 300 of them grouped into five provinces in Flanders and 262 others in five provinces in Wallonia, while the remaining 19 are in the Brussels Capital Region, which is not divided in provinces.
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Population density
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.
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The Socialist Party (Parti socialiste,, PS) is a social democratic French-speaking political party in Belgium.
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Spanish Netherlands
The Spanish Netherlands (Países Bajos Españoles; Spaanse Nederlanden; Pays-Bas espagnols; Spanische Niederlande) (historically in Spanish: Flandes, the name "Flanders" was used as a pars pro toto) was the Habsburg Netherlands ruled by the Spanish branch of the Habsburgs from 1556 to 1714.
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Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) is the second solo studio album by Brian Eno (mononymously credited as "Eno"), released in November 1974 by Island Records.
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Treaty of Joinville
The Treaty of Joinville was signed in secret on 31 December 1584 by the Catholic League, led by France's first family of Catholic nobles, the House of Guise, and Habsburg Spain.
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United Kingdom of the Netherlands
The United Kingdom of the Netherlands (Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; Royaume uni des Pays-Bas) is the unofficial name given to the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; Royaume des Belgiques) as it existed between 1815 and 1830.
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Verviers
Verviers (Vervî) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Limbourg and Verviers are Cities in Wallonia and municipalities of Liège Province.
Vesdre
The Vesdre (French) or Weser (German) and Vesder (Dutch) is a river in Liège Province, eastern Belgium.
Wallonia
Wallonia (Wallonie), officially the Walloon Region (Région wallonne), is one of the three regions of Belgium—along with Flanders and Brussels.
War of the Spanish Succession
The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714.
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Welkenraedt
Welkenraedt (Ripuarian: Wälekete; Welkenrote) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Limbourg and Welkenraedt are municipalities of Liège Province.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbourg
Also known as History of Limbourg, Lambourg, Limbourg-sur-Vesdre, Limburg (city).