Wijnandsrade (; li, Wienesrao ) 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 ...

. It is notable for its castle and church and two ponds, which define the village's centre.

History

The village was first mentioned between 1247 and 1288 as Rode, and means "cultivated forest". In the 14th century Wijnand was added after Winant van de Bongard to distinguish from other "rade" villages. Wijnandsrade developed in the Middle Ages. There was a

motte-and-bailey castle A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively easy to ...

near the village in the 12th century where a chapel was erected. The remains of the motte castle are located between the church and the current Wijnandsrade Castle. The oldest parts was built in 1554. The eastern and southern wings were added between 1717 and 1719. Between 1930 and 1932, it was converted into a

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monastery and extensively modified. The castle is nowadays used as offices and apartments. The St Stephanus Church was rebuilt in 1628 and modified and enlarged in 1754. The tower was destroyed in 1943, and rebuilt in 1948. Wijnandsrade was home to 196 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1982, 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

Gallery

File:Wijnandsrade-Kerk (2).JPG, St Stefanus Church File:Wijnandsrade-Swier 30 (2).JPG, House in Wijnandsrade File:Wijnandsrade-Hoeve Nijthuizen (1).JPG, Farm in Wijnandsrade File:Wijnandsrade-Pas op voor overstekende eenden.JPG, One way street with ducks

References

External links

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