Simpelveld
Known mostly for the Miljoenenlijn steam train, which originates here, Simpelveld is a small city in the South Limburg region, in the Dutch province Limburg. Also, in 1930 the so-called "Sarcophagus of Simpelveld" was discovered here.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: municipality of the Netherlands with 10,500 residents
- Description: municipality in Limburg, the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Simpelveld Municipality”
- Neighbors: Aachen and Heerlen
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parkstad Limburg Stadion and Castle De Bongard.
Parkstad Limburg Stadion
Stadium
Photo: Ymmit1983, Public domain.
The Parkstad Limburg Stadion is a football stadium in Kerkrade, completed in 2000. With a present-day capacity of 19,979 seats, the stadium was officially opened on August 15, 2000, with a friendly between Roda JC and Real Zaragoza.
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 Partij-Wittem and Vaals.
Partij-Wittem
Photo: Ben Bender, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Partij-Wittem is a village in South Limburg, the southernmost part of the Netherlands. The village comprises the two hamlets of Partij and Wittem. As a whole, it is part of the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem.
Vaals
Photo: Romaine, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vaals is a small city and municipality in the South Limburg region, in the Dutch province Limburg, comprising the very southeasternmost corner of the Netherlands.
Wijlre
Photo: Romaine, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wijlre is a small village in South Limburg, known for its beer and popular with tourists who are looking for a more quiet destination than nearby Maastricht or Valkenburg. It's an excellent base for hikers and bikers.
Simpelveld
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Simpelveld” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Simpelveld”
- Albanian: “Simpelveld”
- Arabic: “سيمبلفيلد”
- Armenian: “Սիմպելֆելդ”
- Asturian: “Simpelveld”
- Basque: “Simpelveld”
- Catalan: “Simpelveld”
- Cebuano: “Gemeente Simpelveld”
- Chinese: “Simpelveld”
- Chinese: “辛佩爾費爾德”
- Chinese: “辛珀尔费尔德”
- Danish: “Simpelveld”
- Dutch: “Gemeente Simpelveld”
- Dutch: “Simpelveld (gemeente)”
- Dutch: “Simpelveld”
- Esperanto: “Simpelveld”
- French: “Simpelveld”
- German: “Bocholtz”
- German: “Simpelveld”
- Indonesian: “Simpelveld”
- Irish: “Simpelveld”
- Italian: “Simpelveld”
- Javanese: “Simpelveld”
- Kurdish: “Simpelveld”
- Limburgan: “Zumpelveld”
- Lithuanian: “Simpelveldas”
- Low German: “Simpelveld”
- Luxembourgish: “Simpelveld”
- Malay: “Simpelveld”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Simpelveld”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Simpelveld”
- Norwegian: “Simpelveld”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Simpelveld”
- Persian: “سیمپلفلد”
- Polish: “Simpelveld”
- Portuguese: “Simpelveld”
- Romanian: “Simpelveld”
- Russian: “Симпелвелд”
- Saterfriesisch: “Simpelveld”
- Spanish: “Simpelveld”
- Swedish: “Simpelveld”
- Turkish: “Simpelveld”
- Venetian: “Simpelveld”
- Vietnamese: “Simpelveld”
- Volapük: “Simpelveld”
- Waray (Philippines): “Simpelveld”
- Western Frisian: “Simpelveld”
- Zeeuws: “Simpelveld”
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