s-Heerenberg is a city on the Dutch-
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border, in the Province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It is located about 5 km north of the German
Emmerich, and about south of
Doetinchem
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. It received
city rights in 1379.
's-Heerenberg is the location of one of the most important castles of the
Netherlands
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Huis Bergh
Huis Bergh is a castle in 's-Heerenberg and is one of the largest castles in the Netherlands. It gives its name to the Land van den Bergh and was previously owned by the counts van Bergh.
Nowadays, it is a famous tourist attraction for its be ...
. The Huis Bergh contains a panel of the
Archangel
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Gabriel
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from the famous altar piece
Maestà
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by
Duccio
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. The castle is surrounded to the west by a forest, part of the larger nature reserve
Bergherbos.
Mechteld ten Ham was accused of sorcery. She demanded a trial, and failed the water test, because she remained floating on the water. During torture, she confessed to being a witch, and was burnt at the stake on 25 July 1605. In 2004, a statue was revealed in her honour. In 2015, her statue was set on fire.
Until 1821 's-Heerenberg was a separate municipality; it then became the administrative center of
Bergh. Since 2005 it is part of the municipality of
Montferland
Montferland () is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Bergh and Didam.
Population centres
Formerly part of Bergh municipality:
* Azewijn
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The border canal 'Grenskanaal' constitutes the border to Germany. Industrial parks 't Goor and the Immenhorst are situated near this border.
The annual
Montferland Run road running competition is held in 's-Heerenberg every December. The race has been previously won by world-class runners like
Haile Gebrselassie
Haile Gebrselassie ( am, ኀይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ, ''haylē gebre silassē''; born 18 April 1973) is an Ethiopian retired long-distance track, road running athlete, and businessman. He won two Olympic gold medals and four World Champion ...
,
Kenenisa Bekele
Kenenisa Bekele ( om, Qananiisaa baqqalaa; am, ቀነኒሳ በቀለ; born 13 June 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5000-metre and 10000-metre from 2004 (5,000m) and 2005 (10,000m) unti ...
and
Lornah Kiplagat
Lornah Kiplagat (born 1 May 1974) is a Dutch professional long-distance runner. She was born in Kabiemit, Rift Valley Province, Kenya and came to the Netherlands in 1999. She gained Dutch citizenship in 2003 and has competed for the Netherlan ...
.
Gallery
20130803 09 's-Heerenberg.jpg, 's-Heerenberg
Wachttoren 's-Heerenberg.jpg, City wall
's-Heerenberg Boetselaersborg PM15.JPG, Boetselaersborg
Gouden Handen PM2015a.jpg, Former monastery Don Rua
Kruiswegstatie 's-Heerenberg PM17-08.jpg, City parc at the monastery
Kruiswegstatie 's-Heerenberg 00 PM15.JPG, City parc at the monastery
7041 's-Heerenberg, Netherlands - panoramio (68).jpg, Parcs of Huis Bergh
7041 's-Heerenberg, Netherlands - panoramio (59).jpg, Bergherbos
References
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Populated places in Gelderland
Former municipalities of Gelderland
Montferland