Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War military war grave cemetery, located in the village of Margraten, 10 km east of Maastricht, in the most southern part of the Netherlands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: American military cemetery in Margraten, the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Netherlands American Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mariakapel and H. Margarethakerk.
Mariakapel
Chapel
H. Margarethakerk
Church
Blankenberg Castle
Castle
Photo: Pivos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blankenberg Castle is situated 1½ km west of Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Honthem and Margraten.
Honthem
Hamlet
Margraten
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Margraten is a village in South Limburg, the southern most region of the Dutch province of Limburg. This town of 3,400 people is on the main road between Maastricht and Aachen.
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
- Categories: memorial, chapel, memorial cemetery, war memorial, and burial
- Location: Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Southern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.81833° or 50° 49′ 6″ northLongitude
5.8061° or 5° 48′ 22″ eastOpen location code
9F27RR94+8COpenStreetMap ID
way 684528097OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q954571
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Amerikaanse Begraafplaats Margraten”
- Dutch: “Amerikaanse Militaire Erebegraafplaats”
- Dutch: “Amerikaanse Oorlogsbegraafplaats Margraten”
- Dutch: “Militaire begraafplaats Margraten”
- Dutch: “Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial”
- Dutch: “Netherlands American Cemetery”
- French: “cimetière américain de Margraten”
- French: “Cimetière américain de Margraten”
- German: “Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות הצבאי האמריקני בהולנד”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות הצבאי והאנדרטה האמריקניים בהולנד”
- Hungarian: “Hollandiai amerikai katonai temető”
- Japanese: “オランダ米国人墓地”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Museum and Kapel.
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