Hoensbroek
Hoensbroek is a town in South Limburg, the southernmost region of the Dutch province of Limburg. It's part of the municipality of Heerlen but has a long, separate history and was an independent municipality until 1982.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 19,300 residents
- Description: village and urban district in Heerlen, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Gebrook” and “Hoensbrock”
- Postal codes: 6431-6433
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kasteel Hoensbroek and Amstenrade Castle.
Kasteel Hoensbroek
Castle
Photo: Sir Gawain, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hoensbroek Castle or Gebrook Castle is one of the largest castles in the Netherlands. It is situated in Hoensbroek, a town in the province of Limburg. This imposing watercastle is known as 'the most lordly stronghold between Rhine and Meuse'.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brunssum and Amstenrade.
Brunssum
Town
Photo: Adnergje, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Brunssum is a municipality and a town in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. The municipality of Brunssum has 27,670 residents as of 2021. Brunssum was a center of coal mining until 1973. Brunssum is situated 3½ km northeast of Hoensbroek.
Amstenrade
Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Oirsbeek
Village
Photo: Hverbiesen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oirsbeek is a village in the southeast of the Netherlands, part of the municipality of Beekdaelen. Between 1839 and 1982, Oirsbeek was a separate municipality.
Hoensbroek
Latitude
50.9239° or 50° 55′ 26″ northLongitude
5.9294° or 5° 55′ 46″ eastPopulation
19,300Elevation
85 metres (279 feet)United Nations Location Code
NL HBROpen location code
9F27WWFH+HQOpenStreetMap ID
node 8219472916OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Hoensbroek” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Hoensbroek”
- Asturian: “Hoensbroek”
- Bulgarian: “Хунсбрук”
- Catalan: “Hoensbroek”
- Cebuano: “Hoensbroek”
- Chinese: “Hoensbroek”
- Chinese: “洪斯布魯克”
- Chinese: “洪斯布鲁克”
- Danish: “Hoensbroek”
- Dutch: “Hoensbroek”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هوينسبرويك”
- Esperanto: “Hoensbroek”
- Faroese: “Hoensbroek”
- French: “Hoensbroek”
- German: “Hoensbroek”
- German: “Hunsbroich”
- Irish: “Hoensbroek”
- Italian: “Gebrook”
- Italian: “Hoensbroek”
- Japanese: “フンスブルク”
- Kalaallisut: “Hoensbroek”
- Korean: “훈스브룩”
- Limburgan: “Gebrook”
- Lithuanian: “Hunsbrokas”
- Luxembourgish: “Hoensbroek”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hoensbroek”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hoensbroek”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hoensbroek”
- Persian: “هونسبروک”
- Russian: “Хунсбрук”
- Swedish: “Hoensbroek”
- Turkish: “Hoensbroek”
- Ukrainian: “Гунсбрук”
- Welsh: “Hoensbroek”
- Zeeuws: “Hoensbroek”
- “Hoensbroek”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Hoensbroek”. Photo: timo beil, CC BY-SA 2.0.