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Limburg (Belgium) Limburg (, ; or ; , ), also known as Belgian Limburg, is a province in Belgium. It is the easternmost of the five Dutch language, Dutch-speaking provinces that together form the Flemish Region, Region of Flanders, which is one of the three mai ...

, a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium *

Limburg (Netherlands) Limburg (; ), also known as Dutch Limburg, is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. It is bordered by Gelderland to the north and by North Brabant to the west. Its long eastern boundary forms the border with the German s ...

, a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands * Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in Germany *

Province of Limburg (1815–1839) Limburg (, ) was one of the provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and later Belgium. The province existed for the duration of the United Kingdom, from 1815 to 1830, and for the first years after Belgian independence, from 1830 to ...

, a former province of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands *

Duchy of Limburg The Duchy of Limburg or Limbourg was an imperial estate of the Holy Roman Empire. Much of the area of the duchy is today located within Liège Province of Belgium, with a small portion in the municipality of Voeren, an Enclave and exclave, excla ...

(1065–1794), a state in the Holy Roman Empire *

Duchy of Limburg (1839–1867) The Duchy of Limburg () was created in 1839 from parts of the Dutch Province of Limburg as a result of the Treaty of London. Its territory was the territory of the modern day province of Limburg with the exceptions of the cities of Maastricht ...

, a part of the German Confederation * Limburg of the States (1633–1685), one of the

Generality Lands The Generality Lands, Lands of the Generality or Common Lands () were about one-fifth of the territories of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, that were directly governed by the States-General. Unlike the seven provinces of Holland, Zeel ...

, a dependent territory of the United Provinces of the Netherlands

Other places

Limbourg Limbourg (; German and Dutch: ''Limburg''; ) or Limbourg-sur-Vesdre is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On 1 January 2008, Limbourg had a total population of 5,680. The total area is 24.63 k ...

, a town in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium * Limburg (Weilheim an der Teck), a mountain in Baden-Württemberg, Germany *

Limburg an der Lahn Limburg an der Lahn (, ; officially abbreviated ''Limburg a. d. Lahn'') is the district seat of Limburg-Weilburg in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Limburg lies in western Hesse between the Taunus and the Westerwald on the river Lahn. The t ...

, a city, the district seat of Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse, Germany * Limburg an der Lenne, now called

Hagen-Hohenlimburg Hagen-Hohenlimburg (formerly known as Limburg an der Lenne, changed to Hohenlimburg in 1903; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Limmerg''), on the Lenne river, is a borough of the city of Hagen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hohenlimburg ...

, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the former chief town of the county of Limburg-Hohenlimburg * Limburg, a castle in Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany *

Limburg Abbey Limburg Abbey is a ruined abbey near Bad Dürkheim, at the edge of the Palatinate Forest in Germany. In the 9th century, the Salian Dukes from Worms built a fortress on the ''Linthberg'' as their family seat. History In 1025, Conrad II, Holy Rom ...

, a ruined abbey near Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * Limburg Airfield, an abandoned World War II military airfield near Limburg an der Lahn, Hessen, Germany

People

Limbourg brothers The Limbourg brothers (; fl. 1385 – 1416) were Dutch miniature painters (Herman, Paul, and Jean) from the city of Nijmegen. They were active in the early 15th century in France and Burgundy, working in the International Gothic style. They pai ...

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fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

1385–1416), Dutch painters Herman, Paul, and Johan * Various members of the German higher nobility and mediatised

House of Limburg-Stirum The House of Limburg-Stirum (or Limburg-Styrum), which adopted its name in the 12th century from the immediate county of Limburg an der Lenne in what is now Germany, is one of the oldest families in Europe. It is the eldest and only survivin ...

Baermann of Limburg Baermann of Limburg was a German writer who lived in Frankfurt-am-Main at the end of the seventeenth century and at the beginning of the eighteenth. He published (Frankfurt-am-Main, 1712) a Judæo-German play, with the Hebrew title ''Mekirat Yosef'' ...

, German writer *

Helge Limburg Helge Limburg (born 25 October 1982 in Hannover) is a German politician of the Green Party who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 elections. Early life and education After his final secondary-school examinations in 2 ...

(born 1982), German politician *

Olga Limburg Olga Limburg (5 April 1881 – 7 March 1970) was a German theater and film actress. She began her artistic career in 1901 with a commitment at the Municipal Theatre of Poznan. Since 1902, she played at several of Berlin's leading theaters includi ...

(1881–1970), German actor *

Peter Limbourg Peter Limbourg (born 7 July 1960) is a German broadcast journalist and the Director General of ''Deutsche Welle''. Career Alongside Peter Kloeppel, Limbourg moderated the first of two TV election debates between Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and ...

(born 1960), German journalist

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* ''Limburg'' (tanker), a French oil tanker bombed off Yemen *

HNLMS Limburg (D814) HNLMS ''Limburg'' (D814) () was a destroyer of the . The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1956 to 1980. The destroyer was named after the Dutch province of Limburg and was the first ship with this name. In 1980 the ship w ...

, a destroyer of the Dutch navy

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