Terhorst (in Limburgs dialect: ''Terhoorsj'') is a little

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

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

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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

. 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 {{LimburgNL-geo-stub