Berg (; ) is a village in the

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province of

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. It is a part of the municipality of

Valkenburg aan de Geul Valkenburg aan de Geul (; ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality situated in the southeastern Dutch Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. The name refers to the central town in the municipality, ...

, and lies about 7 km east of

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. The village was first mentioned in 1139 as Berga, and means hill. Berg is located on the plateau of

Margraten Margraten (; ) is a village and a former municipality in the southeastern part of the Netherlands. On 1 January 2011 this former municipality merged with a neighbouring one, which resulted in the new Eijsden-Margraten municipality. Preceding d ...

and used to be long to the . The St Monulphus and Gondulphus Church is a three-aisled church made out of chalk stone. It was built between 1931 and 1933. Berg was home to 314 people in 1840. Until 1982, Berg and the neighbouring hamlet of Terblijt constituted the municipality of

Berg en Terblijt Berg en Terblijt (; or ) is the official Dutch name of a village in the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul in the province of Limburg in the Southern part of the Netherlands. History The area now known as Berg en Terblijt has been inhabi ...

, which also covered the small hamlets of Geulhem and Vilt.

Gallery

File:Berg-Valkenburgerstraat 74.jpg, Building in Berg File:Amstel Gold Race 2006 Berg.jpg,

Amstel Gold Race Amstel Gold Race may refer to: * Amstel Gold Race (men's race) The Amstel Gold Race is a one-day classic cycle races, classic road bicycle race, road cycling race held annually since 1966 Amstel Gold Race, 1966 in the province of Limburg (Netherl ...

in Berg File:Berg-Grote Straat 71.JPG, House in Berg File:Berg-Op de Bies 9 (3).jpg, Farm in Berg

References

Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Valkenburg aan de Geul {{LimburgNL-geo-stub fr:Berg#Toponymes