Vlodrop

This article covers the village in the Dutch province of Limburg. For the German politician see Peter Van Vlodrop .

Vlodrop

flag	coat of arms
province	Limburg
local community	Roerdalen
Area  - land  - water	19.01  km 2 18.8 km 2 0.21 km 2
Residents	2,360 (Jan 1, 2018)
Coordinates	51 ° 8 ′  N , 6 ° 5 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′  N , 6 ° 5 ′  E
height	30  m NAP
Important traffic route
prefix	0475
Postcodes	6045, 6061, 6063
Location of Vlodrop in the municipality of Roerdalen
The Rur in front of Vlodrop, in the background the tower of the Vlodrop Church can be seen

Vlodrop ( Limburg Vlórp ) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg . It is part of the municipality of Roerdalen . Vlodrop was first mentioned in a document in 943 and today has 2,360 inhabitants.

Attractions

Manor house Het Steenen Huys

• St. Ludwig College . The monastery complex, built by Franciscans in 1909, served as a boarding school until 1979 and since then has served as a meditation center under the name Maharishi European Research University (MERU) . In 2001 the listed building was partially demolished to make room for a new building. Its design was visualized from summer 2007 with a building-high image in front of the main front of the building. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi died in Vlodrop in February 2008.
• Fort Het Steenen Huys, built in 1664

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Until the municipality was dissolved, the following distribution of seats had been made since 1982:

Political party	Seats
	1982	1986
CDA	2	3
Lijst Biermans	-	2
Lijst Mulder	2	1
Lijst Verbeek	-	1
Lijst Goldsmits	2	-
Lijst Van Schaik	1	-
Lijst Frijsinger	0	-
total	7th	7th

Web links

Commons : Vlodrop  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on August 16, 2018 (Dutch)
2. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council , accessed on August 16, 2018 (Dutch)