Terstraten (; li, Tersjtraote ) is a hamlet in the
municipality
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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 ...
in the province of
Limburg
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* Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands
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, the
Netherlands
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It is one of the so-called ''Bovengehuchten'', or Upper Hamlets, of Beekdaelen.
All the houses are situated along the street ''Terstraten'', which runs from the neighboring hamlet
Brand
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via a
hollow way
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towards the ''Maastrichterweg''.
In between the houses is a little square with a
Christian cross underneath a tree.
The houses in Terstraten are officially
preserved heritage.
The hamlet is known as a painters' paradise, due to the many 18th-century farmhouses with
timber framing
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Between Terstraten and the hamlet Brand runs the stream
Platsbeek.
Terstraten was place name signs. In 1840, Terstraten and neighbouring Helle were home to 180 people. Nowadays, it consists of about 30 houses.
References
* ANWB (2005) Topografische Atlas Limburg 1:25000, 2e druk, , p. 69
Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)
Beekdaelen
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