Horn (Limburg)

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horn
Flag of the place Horn
flag 		Coat of arms of the village of Horn
coat of arms
province Limburg Limburg
local community Flag of the municipality of Leudal Leudal
Area
 - land
 - water 		9.3  km 2
9.2 km 2
0.1 km 2
Residents 3,760 (Jan 1, 2018)
Coordinates 51 ° 13 '  N , 5 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '  N , 5 ° 57'  E
Important traffic route N273 N279 N280
prefix 0475
Postcodes 6081, 6085, 6088, 6095, 6099
Location of Horn in the municipality of Leudal
Location of Horn in the municipality of LeudalTemplate: Infobox location in the Netherlands / maintenance / map
Castle: Kasteel Horn

Horn is a church village in the municipality of Leudal in the Dutch province of Limburg . It is located on the Maas bank on the left bank of the Meuse , opposite Roermond on the Maas bridge on the motorway-like national road N280 . Horn has 3,760 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2018).

Horn is an old settlement that was mentioned as Hurne as early as 1102 . The spellings Hurnen , Hornin and Horne are known from the same century . The name probably goes back to the Germanic Hornjôn , which describes an elevation in a boggy landscape. In the 15th century, Horn was a county that included a large part of what is now the municipality of Leudal.

The most famous building in the area is Horn Castle , which dates back to the 10th or 11th century and originally served robber barons who collected customs from shipping on the Meuse. The castle is still inhabited by a family who bought it in 1789.

Web links

Commons : Horn  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on August 1, 2018 (Dutch)