Sint Odiliënberg Explained

Sint Odiliënberg
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Limburg
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Roerdalen
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:25
Area Total Km2:9.30
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:3,730
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:6077
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:0475
Blank Name Sec1:Transport
Blank1 Name Sec1:Major roads
Blank1 Info Sec1:N293
Coordinates:51.1431°N 6.0028°W

Sint Odiliënberg (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /sɪnt oːˈdiljə(m)bɛr(ə)x/) is a village in southeast Netherlands, It is located in Roerdalen, Limburg, in the Roer River valley.

History

Romans settled here very early. Around 700, missionary monks from Northumbria,[3] Saints Wiro, Plechelmus, and Otgerus, built a monastery there, which was important in the Christianisation of the Netherlands. In the time of the Viking invasions the Utrecht clergy found shelter here. At first it was a secular collegiate chapter, which later moved to Roermond in the 14th century. A community of the Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre settled on the hill during that period.

The village was first mentioned in the first half of the 9th century as Mons Petri. The current name means "hill of Odile of Alsace".[4]

After the Eighty Years' War, this area came under Spanish rule; it was ceded to the Dutch Republic in 1715. Until the French municipal reorganisation, St. Odiliënberg belonged to the administrative division known as Ambt Montfort. Around 1810 it became a separate commune/municipality. In 1991 the municipality of Sint Odiliënberg merged into Ambt Montfort, which in January 2007 merged into Roerdalen.

Attractions

Standing on a hill is a Romanesque basilica with two towers dating from the eleventh century. Next to the basilica is a 10th-century chapel, originally the parish church.

Notable residents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 6077AA . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 25 April 2022 .
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 25 April 2022.
  3. https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803124224165 Farmer, David. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints
  4. Web site: Sint Odiliënberg - (geografische naam) . Etymologiebank . 25 April 2022 . nl.