Heerlen is a city and a municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is the third largest settlement proper in the province of Limburg. Measured as municipality, it is the fourth municipality in the province of Limburg.
Kerkrade is a town and a municipality in the southeast of Limburg; the southernmost province of the Netherlands. It forms part of the Parkstad Limburg agglomeration.
Eygelshoven is a small village, since 1982 part of the town of Kerkrade, in the southeast of the Netherlands, close to the German and Belgian borders.
Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade, also known as Roda JC Kerkrade or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. The club was founded by a merger between Rapid JC and Roda Sport in 1962. They were placed in the Eerste Divisie, and after a relegation they were promoted back to the top division in 1973, where they would stay for 41 years until being relegated in 2014. In 2009–10, they added Kerkrade to the name to create brand awareness and get financial support.
Herzogenrath is a municipality in the district of Aachen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It borders the Dutch town of Kerkrade, the national border in one section running along the middle of a main road and even directly through the centre of the cross-border Eurode office complex.
Parkstad Limburg is a conurbation of eight municipalities in the southern part of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. Consisting Heerlen, Kerkrade, Landgraaf, Brunssum, Simpelveld, Voerendaal, Nuth and Onderbanken, the municipalities work together to improve public services, transport and housing on a regional level. This collaboration started in 1999. Within Parkstad, the city of Heerlen functions as the centre of economic and social activity, and to a lesser extent the cities Kerkrade and Landgraaf function in the same regard as regional hubs.
Mathias Andreas Marie (Thijs) Wöltgens was a Dutch politician. He served as the mayor of the Kerkrade, a town on the German border in the southeast of the Netherlands, from 1994 until 2000. Wöltgens was also a Senator from 1995 until 2005.
Heerlen is a railway station located in Heerlen, Netherlands.
Eygelshoven station is a railway station southwest of Eygelshoven, the Netherlands. It is located on the Schaesberg–Simpelveld railway, which is part of the Heuvellandlijn (Maastricht–Kerkrade). Train services are operated by Arriva.
Eygelshoven Markt is a railway station located in Eygelshoven, Netherlands.
Ralf Karel Hubert Krewinkel is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party. Since 31 August 2015 he has been mayor of Heerlen.
J.J.M. (Jos) Som is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
Johannes (Jan) Wilhelmus Maria Liesen is a Dutch clergyman and bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, being appointed on November 26, 2011, by Pope Benedict XVI to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Breda.
J. H. H. (Jan) Mans was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).
Willem Godfried (Wiel) Bremen was a Dutch politician, he served at different times as a member of the States of Limburg, and House of Representatives of the Netherlands between 1970 and 1981. He was member of the Catholic People's Party, and after its merger in 1980 the Christian Democratic Appeal.
Kerkrade dialect is a Ripuarian dialect spoken in Kerkrade and its surroundings, including Herzogenrath in Germany. It is spoken in all social classes, but the variety spoken by younger people in Kerkrade is somewhat closer to Standard Dutch.
This article covers the phonology of the Kerkrade dialect, a West Ripuarian language variety spoken in parts of the Kerkrade municipality in the Netherlands and Herzogenrath in Germany.
Silvio P.A. Erkens is a Dutch politician, who has held a seat in the House of Representatives since the 2021 general election. He is a member of the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He previously worked as a consultant.