Bocholtz
Bocholtz is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Simpelveld, and lies about 7 km southwest of Kerkrade. Until 1982, it was a separate municipality.- Type: Village with 5,150 residents
- Description: village in Simpelveld, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Bocholz”
- Postal code: 6351
Places of Interest
Highlights include James the Greater Church and Castle De Bongard.
James the Greater Church
Church
The James the Greater Church is a Roman Catholic church, located on the Pastoor Neujeanstraat 6 in Bocholtz, Netherlands. First mentioned in the 14th century, the current church was built in 1869 by Pierre Cuypers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zandberg and Baneheide.
Baneheide
Hamlet
Baneheide is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Simpelveld, and lies about 9 km southwest of Kerkrade. It was first mentioned in 1603 or 1604 as Baenenheidt, and means "cultivated heath".
Bocholtz
- Categories: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands, village with a church, and locality
- Location: Simpelveld, South Limburg, Limburg, Southern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.81848° or 50° 49′ 7″ north
Longitude
6.00653° or 6° 0′ 24″ east
Population
5,150
Elevation
166 metres (545 feet)
Open location code
9F28R294+9J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Bocholtz” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Bocholtz”
- Catalan: “Bocholtz”
- Cebuano: “Bocholtz”
- Chinese: “Bocholtz”
- Chinese: “博霍尔茨”
- Chinese: “博霍爾茨”
- Dutch: “Bocholtz (plaats)”
- Dutch: “Bocholtz”
- Esperanto: “Bocholtz”
- French: “Bocholtz”
- German: “Bocholtz”
- Irish: “Bocholtz”
- Limburgan: “Bóches”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bocholtz”
- Persian: “بوخولتز”
- Spanish: “Bocholtz”
- Swiss German: “Bocholtz”
- Tosk Albanian: “Bocholtz”
- Ukrainian: “Бохолц”
- Welsh: “Bocholtz”
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