Terhorst (in
Limburgs dialect: ''Terhoorsj'') is a little
hamlet
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of 33 houses and part of the village of
Banholt
Banholt (Limburgish: ''Tebannet'') is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is part of the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten and lies about 10 km southeast of Maastricht
Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; ...
(in Limburgs dialect: Tebannet), which is in 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 municipal ...
in the province of
Limburg
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* Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium
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, Netherlands. In the middle of the village, Terhorst has its own little chapel built in 1949 and every year in August there is the traditional annual Chapel party (kapelfeest).
Terhorst is not a statistical entity,
and the postal authorities have placed it under
Banholt
Banholt (Limburgish: ''Tebannet'') is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is part of the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten and lies about 10 km southeast of Maastricht
Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; ...
.
It was first mentioned between 1803 and 1820 as Terhorst, and means "height with growth".
Gallery
File:Terhorst-Kapel.JPG, Chapel in Terhorst
File:Terhorst Zwingelput 4.jpg, Water well
References
Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)
Eijsden-Margraten
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