Vaesrade (; li, Vaosje ) is a village in the

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province of

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. 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 ...

. The village was first mentioned in 1139 as Wastrode. The etymology is unclear, but contrary to popular belief there is no relation to

Servatius of Tongeren Saint Servatius ( nl, Sint Servaas; french: Saint Servais; li, Sintervaos; hy, Սուրբ Սերվատիոս ''Surb Servatios'') (born in Armenia, died in Maastricht, traditionally on 13 May 384) was bishop of Tongeren —Latin: ''Atuatuca ...

. The first church was built in 1856. In 1929, the St Servatius Church was built in

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style and has a square tower next to the entrance. In 1840, Vaesrade was home to 198 people. Vaesrade was a separate municipality until 1821, 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 inhab ...

. In 2019, it became part of the municipality of

Gallery

Vaesrade-Kapel Vaesrade-Vaesraderweg.JPG, Cross at Vaesrade, Limburg, the Netherlands File:Vaesrade-Vaesrade 62 (2).JPG, Farm in Vaesrade File:Thermenmuseum Heerlen 8302.jpg, Reconstruction of Roman village

References

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