Landgraaf
Municipality in Limburg, Netherlands
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Landgraaf (Dutch: [ˈlɑntxraːf] ⓘ; Limburgish: Lankgraaf [ˈlɑŋkxʀaːf])[tone?] is a municipality in southeastern Limburg, Netherlands, forming part of the Parkstad Limburg agglomeration. SnowWorld is the largest indoor ski piste in Europe.
Landgraaf
Lankgraaf | |
|---|---|
Watermill at Strijthagen castle | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in Limburg | |
| Coordinates: 50°54′N 6°1′E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Limburg |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Richard de Boer (VVD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 24.67 km2 (9.53 sq mi) |
| • Land | 24.58 km2 (9.49 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.09 km2 (0.035 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 161 m (528 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[4] | |
• Total | 37,262 |
| • Density | 1,516/km2 (3,930/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Landgravenaar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 6370–6374 |
| Area code | 045 |
| Website | www |
Population centres
Topography
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Landgraaf, June 2015
Attractions
A pop music festival called Pinkpop is held annually on the Pentecost weekend in Schaesberg, a town in Landgraaf.
Landgraaf is home to the largest indoor ski piste in Europe, called SnowWorld.[5]
Notable natives
- Johan Kremers (born 1933 in Nieuwenhagen) a Queen's Commissioner of Limburg from 1977 to 1990
- Harry Kempen (1937 in Nieuwenhagen – 2000) a cultural psychologist and academic
- Joep Lange (1954 in Nieuwenhagen – 2014) a Dutch clinical researcher in HIV therapy, International AIDS Society from 2002 to 2004
- Annemarie Mol (born 1958 in Schaesberg) a Dutch ethnographer, philosopher and academic
- Henk Blezer (born 1961 in Schaesberg) a Dutch Tibetologist, Indologist, and scholar of Buddhist studies
- Sharon Walraven (born 1970 in Schaesberg) a Dutch wheelchair tennis player, silver medallist at the 2000 Paralympics and gold medallist at the 2008 Paralympics
- Carach Angren (formed 2003 in Landgraaf) is a symphonic black metal band
See also
Gallery
Woonhuis Broekhuizenstraat, Landgraaf
Im Freizeitpark - Mondo Verde
Pastorie Nieuwenhagerheide Hoogstraat
Im Freizeitpark - Mondo Verde
Grensstraat 129 gevel, Landgraaf-Waubach
![Im Freizeitpark - Mondo Verde](#/media/File:Im_Freizeitpark_"Mondo_Verde"_-_panoramio_(2).jpg)
![Im Freizeitpark - Mondo Verde](#/media/File:Im_Freizeitpark_"Mondo_Verde"_-_panoramio.jpg)
