Schimmert (; li, Sjömmert ) is a village in the

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province of

Limburg Limburg or Limbourg may refer to: Regions * Limburg (Belgium), 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 ...

. It is located in the municipality of

Beekdaelen Beekdaelen (; li, Baekdale ) is a municipality in the province of Limburg, situated in the southern Netherlands. It was formed as a merger of Nuth, Onderbanken and Schinnen. Beekdaelen has 35,853 inhabitants. It does not have a capital. The town ...

History

The village was first mentioned in the mid-11th century as "de Scinmottera". The etymology is unclear. Schimmert is a village with a ' (type of village square). The Catholic St Remigius Church is a three-aisled church from irregular blocks of chalk which was constructed between 1924 and 1926 after a design by

Pierre Cuypers Petrus Josephus Hubertus "Pierre" Cuypers (16 May 1827 – 3 March 1921) was a Dutch architect. His name is most frequently associated with the Amsterdam Central Station (1881–1889) and the Rijksmuseum (1876–1885), both in Amsterdam. ...

and

Joseph Cuypers Josephus Theodorus Joannes Cuypers (10 June 1861, Roermond - 20 January 1949, Meerssen) was a Dutch architect; primarily known for his Catholic churches. Life and work He was born to the architect, Pierre Cuypers, and his wife, Antoinette née ...

. The tower was damaged during World War II and repaired in 1956. The water tower was built between 1926 and 1927 on the highest point of the plateau in

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style. The tower measures . In 1935, matching worker's houses were added. Schimmert was home to 215 people in 1840. Schimmert was a separate municipality until 1982, when it was merged with

Nuth Nuth (; li, Nut ) is a village and was a municipality in the province of Limburg, situated in the southern Netherlands. In January 2019, the municipality merged with Schinnen and Onderbanken to form Beekdaelen. The village of Nuth has 4,595 inha ...

. In 2019, it became part of

Gallery

File:Schimmert-Gemeenschapshuis (1).jpg, Community house File:Exterieur OVERZICHT - Schimmert - 20312481 - RCE.jpg, Water tower File:Schimmert-Kleverstraat 10 (2).JPG, Farm File:Schimmert-Proosdijmolen (2).jpg, Remnant of a wind mill

Notable people

* Pieter Eijssen, Dutch lawyer (1906–1988) *

Wim Ernes Willem Egidius Johannes "Wim" Ernes (2 July 1958 – Schimmert, 1 November 2016) was a Dutch equestrian dressage coach from Schimmert. Ernes was seen as an icon within the Dutch equestrian sport. He was twice the coach of the Dutch national dressag ...

, equestrian dressage coach (1958–2016) *

Charles Eyck Charles Hubert Eyck (24 March 1897 – 2 August 1983) was a Dutch visual artist. Together with and Joep Nicolas, he was a pioneer of the so-called . Life and work Charles Eyck was born in 1897 in Meerssen. He received his training at the Rijks ...

, visual artist (1897–1983) *

Otto Hermans Otto Hermans (born 29 March 1950) is a Dutch politician and a member of the Senate (Netherlands), Senate for JA21. Hermans studied dentistry at the Catholic University of Nijmegen and worked as a dentist for over thirty years. He was initially a ...

, politician (born 1950) * ,

Bishop of Roermond The Roman Catholic Diocese of Roermond is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, located in the Netherlands. The diocese is one of the seven suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrec ...

(1884–1960) *

Jean-Nicolas Lemmens Jean-Nicolas Lemmens (also Joannes Nicolaas Lemmens or Joannes Nicolaus Lemmens) (3 June 1850, in Schimmert – 10 August 1897, in Cobán (Guatemala)) was a Dutch Catholic priest and Bishop of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada. He was a strong sup ...

, Bishop of Victoria,

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, Canada * , Bishop of

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, Archbishop of Bavagaliana and

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References

External links

* Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Beekdaelen {{LimburgNL-geo-stub