Schaesberg

Schaesberg (Limburgish: D'r Sjeet) is a town in the municipality of Landgraaf in the Dutch province of Limburg.

County of Schaesberg

Grafschaft Schaesberg (de)
Graafschap D'r Sjeet (li)
Graafschap Schaesberg (nl)
before 1570 – before 1945
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalSchaesberg
GovernmentPrincipality
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
Unknown
• Kasteel Schaesberg* built
1570
• Occupied by France
1794–1815
• Property confiscated by
    the Dutch state after World War II
 
September 1944
• Disestablished
Unknown
* See articles on Dutch and German Wikipedias
Church of Saints Peter and Paul

Schaesberg was a separate municipality until 1982, when it merged with Nieuwenhagen and Ubach over Worms to form the new municipality Landgraaf.[1]

References
  1. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.


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