Sint Geertruid (

Limburgish Limburgish ( li, Limburgs or ; nl, Limburgs ; german: Limburgisch ; french: Limbourgeois ), also called Limburgan, Limburgian, or Limburgic, is a West Germanic language spoken in the Dutch and Belgian provinces of Limburg and in the neig ...

: ''Se-Gietere'') is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located the municipality of

Eijsden-Margraten Eijsden-Margraten (; ( li, Èèsjde-Mergraote) is a municipality situated in the very south of the Netherlands. There it is located in the southeastern part of the province of Limburg. This municipality was formed in 2011 from the former municipa ...

History

The village was first mentioned in 1178 as "in monte". The current name is reference to

Gertrude of Nivelles Gertrude of Nivelles, OSB (also spelled ''Geretrude'', ''Geretrudis'', ''Gertrud''; c. 628 – 17 March 659) was a seventh-century abbess who, with her mother Itta, founded the Abbey of Nivelles, now in Belgium. Life Family and childhood The e ...

. In the middle of the 13th an outpost of the

Cistercian The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Sain ...

monastery Hocht was founded and the area was cultivated. Sint Geertruid became a parish in 1222. The Catholic St Gertrudis Church is a three-aisled church with 11th century elements. The chalk stone tower was built around 1300. It was modified and extended several times throughout its history and restored between 1956 and 1957. Sint Geertruid was home to 271 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1982, when it was merged with

Margraten Margraten (; li, Mergraote) is a village and a former municipality in the southeastern part of the Netherlands. On 1 January 2011 this former municipality merged with a neighbouring one, which resulted in the new Eijsden-Margraten municipality ...

. The municipality was formed in 1828 from parts of the municipalities of

Breust Breust is a former village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten, and is now a neighbourhood of Eijsden. Breust was a separate municipality until 1828, when the area was divided between the munic ...

and Eijsden. In 2011, it became part of the municipality of

. Part of the Sint Geertruid population centre in the Eijsden-Margraten municipality are also the separately situated townships of: Bruisterbosch, Herkenrade, Libeek and Moerslag. A significant part of the "Savelsbos" hill side forest NlWp article Savelsbos is situated in the outlying area of Sint Geertruid.

Gallery

File:Sint Geertruid-Heerkuil 1 (1).JPG, Sint Geertruid-Heerkuil File:Sint Geertruid-Kerk (1).JPG, St Gertrudis Church File:Voorzijde - Sint Geertruid - 20075590 - RCE.jpg, Village view back in 1962 File:Sint Geertruid Bevrijdingsmonument voor Sint-Gertrudiskerk.jpg, Liberation monument

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* {{Authority control Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Eijsden-Margraten