Ulestraten ( li, Ulesjtraote) is a village in the

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province of

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. It is located in the municipality of

Meerssen Meerssen (; li, Meersje ) is a town and a municipality in southeastern Netherlands. History The Treaty of Meerssen was signed in Meerssen in 870. The Treaty of Meerssen was an agreement of the division of the Carolingian Empire by the surviving ...

. It is surrounded by several forests.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1335 as Hulenstroten, and is combination of "land near water" and "swampy place with shrubbery". Ulestration developed in the Middle Ages on the plateau of

Schimmert Schimmert (; li, Sjömmert ) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Beekdaelen. History The village was first mentioned in the mid-11th century as "de Scinmottera". The etymology is unclear. Schimmer ...

. Between 1626 and 1794, it was a ''

heerlijkheid A ''heerlijkheid'' (a Dutch word; pl. ''heerlijkheden''; also called ''heerschap''; Latin: ''Dominium'') was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas in the Dutch-speaking Low Countries before 1800. ...

'' within the . Between June 1814 and May 1815, it was part of

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

, but awarded to the

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at the

Congress of Vienna The Congress of Vienna (, ) of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon B ...

. Ulestraten became an independent parish in 1833. The St Catharina Church is a three aisled basilica-like church built between 1905 and 1906 in

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

style. Initially, the tower from 1805/1806 was retained, but it was replaced in 1929 by a new tower. Vliek Castle was first mentioned in 1374. The current manor house was built around 1725 in

Louis XIV style The Louis XIV style or ''Louis Quatorze'' ( , ), also called French classicism, was the style of architecture and decorative arts intended to glorify King Louis XIV and his reign. It featured majesty, harmony and regularity. It became the officia ...

. Short side wings have been added in 1908. Ulestraten was home to 366 people in 1840. In 1944, an airfield was built by the Allies partially in the municipality of Ulestraten. It is currently known as

Maastricht Aachen Airport Maastricht Aachen Airport is a regional airport in Beek in Limburg, Netherlands, located northeast of Maastricht and northwest of Aachen, Germany. It is the second-largest hub for cargo flights in the Netherlands. As of 2016, the airport had ...

. The airport triggered a rapid population increase and industrialisation of the village. It was a separate municipality until 1982, when it was merged with Meerssen.

Gallery

File:Ulestraten, de Sint-Catharinakerk RM507230 IMG 8295 2021-02-21 15.25.jpg, The St Catharina Church File:Ulestraten-Sint Catharinastraat 18.JPG, Villa in Ulestraten File:Ulestraten carnival 2.JPG, Carnival in Ulestraten File:Ulestraten-Vliek 18.JPG, House in Ulestraten

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Meerssen