Abshoven

{{for|the 17th-century painter|Thomas van Apshoven}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Abshoven

| native_name = {{native_name|li|Abshaove}}

| settlement_type = Hamlet

| image_skyline = Klooster Abshoven, na restauratie.jpg

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| image_caption = Abshoven monastery

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| pushpin_map = Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands

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| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Limburg (Netherlands)|name=Limburg}}

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = 23px Sittard-Geleen

| subdivision_type3 = Village

| subdivision_name3 = Munstergeleen

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| unit_pref = Metric

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|url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool

|title = Postcodetool for 6151GD

|language = nl

|author =

|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis

|access-date = 8 September 2023}}

| elevation_m = 60

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| population_total = {{circa|100}}

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| timezone1 = CET

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| postal_code_type = Postcode

| postal_code = 6151

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 046

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Abshoven ({{IPA|nl|ˈɑpsˌɦoːvə(n)|lang}}; {{langx|li|Abshaove}}) is a hamlet in the municipality of Sittard-Geleen in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KiEIbuFOBbYC&dq=%22Abshoven+buurtschap%22&pg=PA25 |page=25|title=Uitkomsten der zevende tienjaarlijksche Volkstelling in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden op den een en dertigsten December 1889: (Met uitzondering van de beroepstelling.) |date=1891 |publisher=van Weelden en Mingelen |location=The Hague |language=nl}} It is located to the south of Munstergeleen and to the east of Geleen. The hamlet has approximately forty houses and is located on the Abshoven and Beekstraat roads. The hamlet is dominated by the remains of the Abshoven monastery.

Gallery

Abshoven (6).JPG|Monastery ruins before restoration

Abshovenkapel.JPG|Neo-Gothic chapel in ruins

Ingangspartij met bordestrap van witgeschilderd bakstenen herenhuis - Abshoven - 20004407 - RCE.jpg|Mansion in 1966

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