Wahlwiller ( li, Wilder ) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of

Gulpen-Wittem Gulpen-Wittem (; li, Gullepe-Wittem ) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands (in the province of Limburg) with inhabitants as of . Gulpen-Wittem came into being after the merger of the municipalities Gulpen and Wittem. This took p ...

.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. The village is located south of the Selzerbeek. The name of the village is derived from ''villare'', what means "belonging to a

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". In the 14th century the village is mentioned under names as Waelwilre, Wailwilre and Walwilre. The prefix "wael" indicates that the inhabitants were speaking a

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.Wahlwiller
/ref> Wahlwiller is a road village which developed in the Middle Ages on the road from

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...

to Aachen. It became an independent parish in 1835. The Catholic St Cunibertus Church is a single-aisled church with a small tower. The church up to the windows dates from the 12th century. It has been enlarged and renovated several times. On the northern side of the village lies the Kruisberg, of

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fame.

Gallery

File:Wahlwiller-Arnold Janssen Klooster.JPG, Arnold Janssen Monastery File:WahlwillerKerk.jpg, Cunibertus Church File:Wahlwiller-Wegkruis Botterweck.JPG, Road cross on the Botterweck street

References

External links

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Website Heemkunde Wahlwiller
Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Gulpen-Wittem {{LimburgNL-geo-stub