Limburg or Limbourg may refer to:

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Limburg (Belgium) Limburg ( nl, Limburg, ; li, Limburg or ''Wes-Limburg'' ; french: Limbourg, ) is a province in Belgium. It is the easternmost of the five Dutch-speaking provinces that together form the Region of Flanders, one of the three main political and c ...

, a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium * Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands * Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in Germany * Province of Limburg (1815–1839), a former province of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands * Duchy of Limburg (1065–1794), a state in the Holy Roman Empire *

Duchy of Limburg (1839–1867) The Duchy of Limburg () was a European polity created in 1839 from parts of the Dutch Province of Limburg as a result of the Treaty of London. Its territory was the part of Limburg that remained Dutch (the western half having become Belgian), ...

, a part of the German Confederation * Limburg of the States (1633–1685), one of the Generality Lands, a dependent territory of the United Provinces of the Netherlands

Other places

* Limbourg, a town in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium *

Limburg (Weilheim an der Teck) Limburg (Weilheim an der Teck) is a mountain of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Striking is the breakdown of vegetation: the summit is covered with lean lawn and some solitary Tilia. Below this is a zone of scrub forest on the southern slope with vin ...

, a mountain in Baden-Württemberg, Germany * Limburg an der Lahn, a city, the district seat of Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse, Germany * Limburg an der Lenne, now called Hagen-Hohenlimburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the former chief town of the county of Limburg-Hohenlimburg * Limburg, a castle in Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany *

Limburg Abbey Limburg Abbey is a ruined abbey near Bad Dürkheim, at the edge of the Palatinate Forest in Germany. In the 9th century, the Salian Dukes from Worms built a fortress on the ''Linthberg'' as their family seat. In the early 11th century, the fortr ...

, a ruined abbey near Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany *

Limburg Airfield Limburg Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield located in Germany approximately 2 miles north-northwest of Limburg an der Lahn (Hessen); approximately 275 miles southwest of Berlin. The airfield was built by the Luftwaffe ...

, an abandoned World War II military airfield near Limburg an der Lahn, Hessen, Germany

People

* Limbourg brothers (

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1385–1416), Dutch painters Herman, Paul, and Johan * Various members of the German higher nobility and mediatised House of Limburg-Stirum *

Baermann of Limburg Baermann of Limburg was a German writer who lived in Frankfurt-am-Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian dialects, Hessian: , "Franks, Frank ford (crossing), ford on the Main (river), Main"), is the most populous city in the ...

, German writer * Helge Limburg (born 1982), German politician * Olga Limburg (1881–1970), German actor * Peter Limbourg (born 1960), German journalist

Other uses

* ''Limburg'' (tanker), a French oil tanker bombed off Yemen *

HNLMS Limburg (D814) HNLMS ''Limburg'' (D814) ( nl, Hr.Ms. Limburg) was a destroyer of the . The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1956 to 1980. The destroyer was named after the Dutch province of Limburg and was the first ship with this name. ...

, a destroyer of the Dutch navy

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