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Montfort () is a small city in the Dutch province of Limburg. Montfort has about 3,000 inhabitants. It lies about 8 km south of
Roermond Roermond (; li, Remunj or ) is a city, municipality, and diocese in the Limburg province of the Netherlands. Roermond is a historically important town on the lower Roer on the east bank of the river Meuse. It received town rights in 1231. Ro ...
. It received city rights in 1271 and is renowned for the ruins of Castle Montfort, built in the 13th century. Until 1991, Montfort was a separate municipality. It then became part of Posterholt, which was later renamed Ambt Montfort.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006
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Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW), Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Since 1 January 2007, Montfort has been part of the municipality of Roerdalen.


Places of interest

* The ruin of Castle Montfort. This castle was built around 1260 by Hendrik III of Gelre. For centuries it was the governmental centre of Ambt Montfort. * The presbytery of Montfort is also one of Montfort's historic buildings. * The
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s and
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s on the cemetery. Most of the victims of the bombardments of Montfort at the end of the
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are buried here. The number of victims was high because at the time Montfort was a regional refugee sanctuary with 6 times its current population. * The historical centre of Montfort. Most of the buildings in this part of the town are from the late 1950s because most of the original buildings were destroyed during the
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. File:Ruine kasteel Montfort Limburg.jpg, The ruin of Castle Montfort File:Montfort (Roerdalen) Rijksmonument 47063 pastorie.JPG, presbytery of Montfort File:Montfort (Limburg) massagraf.JPG, The
monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, hist ...
s on the cemetery in Montfort File:Montfort (Roerdalen) sculpture de Sjiëper, by Henk Sillen, 1989.JPG, Sculpture of "Sjieëper" (Shepherd), by Henk Sillen


Landscape

* Montfort is surrounded by forests, such as 't Sweeltje, Munichsbosch, Roozendaal and Reigershorst.


Notable people

* Jos Verstappen (car racing driver)


References


External links


Roerdalen
Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Roerdalen {{LimburgNL-geo-stub