Beekdaelen (; li, Baekdale ) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

in the province of Limburg, situated in the southern

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. It was formed as a merger of Nuth,

Onderbanken Onderbanken (; li, Óngerbenk) was a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. In 2019, it merged with Nuth and Schinnen to form Beekdaelen. Population centres Bingelrade, Douvergenhout, Etzenrade, Jabeek, Merkelbeek, Op den Hering, ...

and Schinnen. Beekdaelen has 35,853 inhabitants. It does not have a capital. The town hall of the municipality is currently situated in the village Nuth, which is the biggest population centre in the municipality with 6,520 inhabitants. The other fourteen villages in the municipality are

Amstenrade Amstenrade is a village in the municipality of Beekdaelen, in the Netherlands. It is located about 7 km northwest of Heerlen. The Amstenrade Castle is located in the village. History The village was first mentioned in 1274 as Anstenroden, a ...

with 2,670 inhabitants,

Bingelrade Bingelrade (; li, Bèngelder ) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Beekdaelen, and lies about 6 km southeast of Sittard Sittard (; ) is a city in the Netherlands, situated in the souther ...

with 796 inhabitants,

Doenrade Doenrade is a village in the southern Dutch province of Limburg. Historically its name has also been spelled Dudenrode and Doenradt and was along a main trade route between Germany and southern Limburg. Until 1982 it was a part of the municipality ...

with 1,122 inhabitants, Hulsberg with 3,954 inhabitants, Jabeek with 752 inhabitants, Merkelbeek with 1,564 inhabitants, Oirsbeek with 3,733 inhabitants, Puth with 2,004 inhabitants, Schimmert with 3,236 inhabitants, Schinnen with 2,692 inhabitants,

Schinveld Schinveld (Limburgish: ''Sjilvend'') is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Beekdaelen. History The village was first mentioned in 1180 as "in uilla Schinneuelt". The etymology is unclear. Schinve ...

with 4,629 inhabitants, Sweikhuizen with 690 inhabitants, and Wijnandsrade with 1,631 inhabitants. The other population centres belong to one of the following villages.

Politics

The Government of Beekdaelen is the government of the municipality of Beekdaelen in the province of Limburg in the

. Beekdaelen has been its own municipality since a merger of the old municipalities of Nuth,

, and Schinnen. The municipality covers fifteen villages, the town hall is currently located in the village of Nuth. The first municipal election in Beekdaelen was in

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Local government

Results of the elections of

, and

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Municipal Government 2018–2022

Following the 2018 municipal elections a coalition was formed consisting of CDA (Christian democratic), Vernieuwingsgroep (''translation: Renewal Group'', a local party),

GroenLinks GroenLinks (, ) is a green political party in the Netherlands. It was formed on 1 March 1989 from the merger of four left-wing parties: the Communist Party of the Netherlands, the Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Party of Radicals and ...

(green left), and PvdA (labour). In total 8 parties took part in the election, with 7 parties obtaining at least one seat. In September 2021, Leon Rijkx (a councillor from CDA) left his party. He cited "the problematic culture within the local department of CDA". He joined the Vernieuwingsgroep and took his council seat with him, this increased the seat total of the Vernieuwingsgroep to 7 and decreased the seat total of CDA to 6, making the Vernieuwingsgroep the biggest party in terms of seat total.

Municipal Government 2022–current

Following the 2022 municipal elections a coalition was formed consisting of Vernieuwingsgroep (''translation: Renewal Group'', a local party), Beekdaelen Lokaal (''translation: Beekdaelen Local'', a local party), and CDA (Christian democratic). In total 7 parties took part in the election, with all parties obtaining at least one seat.

Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Beekdaelen, November 2018''

Notable people

Auguste Kerckhoffs Auguste Kerckhoffs (19 January 1835 – 9 August 1903) was a Dutch linguistics, linguist and cryptographer in the late 19th century. Biography Kerckhoffs was born in Nuth, the Netherlands, as Jean Guillaume Auguste Victor François Huber ...

(1835 in Nuth – 1903) a Dutch linguist, cryptographer and academic * Frans de Wever (1869 in Nuth – 1940) a Dutch general practitioner, municipal doctor and hospital founder *

Theo Rutten Frans Jozef Theo Rutten (15 September 1899 in Schinnen – 21 April 1980 in Lopik) was a Dutch politician and minister for the Catholic People's Party. Rutten was from 1931 professor of psychology at the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, su ...

(1899 in Schinnen – 1980) a professor of psychology and a Dutch politician * Johannes Herman Frederik Umbgrove (1899 in Hulsberg – 1954) was a Dutch geologist and Earth scientist *

Leo Wetzels Leo or Léo may refer to: Acronyms * Law enforcement officer * Law enforcement organisation * '' Louisville Eccentric Observer'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky * Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity Arts ...

(born 1951 in Schinnen) academic and Editor-in-Chief of Probus International *

Peter Akkermans Peter M. M. G. Akkermans (born Hulsberg, 14 November 1957) is a Dutch archaeologist and Professor of Ancient Near Eastern archaeology at Leiden University.

(born 1957 in Hulsberg) a Dutch archaeologist and academic

Sport

* Joep Packbiers (1875 in Nuth – 1957) a Dutch archer, competed at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

Frans Korver Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of ''François''. One cognate of Frans in English is ''Francis''. Given name * Frans van Aarssens (1572–1641), Dutch diplomat ...

(born 1937 in Schinnen) a Dutch former professional football player and manager *

Wim Ernes Willem Egidius Johannes "Wim" Ernes (2 July 1958 – Schimmert, 1 November 2016) was a Dutch equestrian dressage coach from Schimmert. Ernes was seen as an icon within the Dutch equestrian sport. He was twice the coach of the Dutch national dress ...

(1958 in Schimmert – 2016) a Dutch equestrian dressage coach * Nadezhda Wijenberg (born 1964) a long-distance runner, lives in Schinnen, * Julie Zwarthoed (born 1994 in Schinnen) a Dutch female ice hockey player

Gallery

File:Kasteel Amstenrade.jpg, Kasteel Amstenrade File:Wijnandsrade (13).JPG, Kasteel Wijnandsrade File:TerstratenNuthwkped07.jpg, Terstraten, Nuth File:Hoeve Krekelberg, Schinnen.jpg, Hoeve Krekelberg, Schinnen File:Hulsberg, klooster RM507194 foto4 2014-09-28 16.14.jpg, Hulsberg, monastery File:Jabeek, de Sint-Gertrudiskerk RM364064 IMG 8219 2021-02-21 11.03.jpg, Jabeek, church: the Sint-Gertrudiskerk

References

External links

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Official website
South Limburg (Netherlands) Municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2019 {{LimburgNL-geo-stub