Amstenrade
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| name = Amstenrade
| settlement_type = Village
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| image_caption = Amstenrade church
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Limburg
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Beekdaelen
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6436AC |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 23 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 91
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| area_total_km2 = 1.25
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| population_total = 1,675
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = CET
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| postal_code_type = Postal code
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| area_code = 046
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Amstenrade is a village in the municipality of Beekdaelen, in the Netherlands. It is located about 7 km northwest of Heerlen. The Amstenrade Castle is located in the village.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1274 as Anstenroden, and means "cultivation of the forest of Ansto (person)".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/amstenrade |title=Amstenrade - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=23 April 2022 |language=nl}} Amstenrade developed in the Middle Ages on a plateau. The area was cultivated in the 13th century from the Geleenbeek onwards. It was originally a heerlijkheid. In 1654, it was elevated to county. The village concentrated around Amstenrade Castle and the road from Sittard to Heerlen.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu08_01/sten009monu08_01_0009.php |title=Amstenrade |author=Sabine Broekhoven, & Ronald Stenvert| year=2003 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9623 6 |access-date=23 April 2022 |language=nl}}
The Catholic Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church is a three aisled church with two tower which was built between 1852 and 1856. In 1932, it was enlarged according to a design by Pierre Cuypers and his son Joseph Cuypers.
Amstenrade was home to 502 people in 1840. Between 1839 and 1982, Amstenrade was a separate municipality.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}} It became part of the municipality of Beekdaelen in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/amstenrade |title=Amstenrade |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=23 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Amstenrade Castle
The original {{ill|Amstenrade Castle |nl|Kasteel Amstenrade}} dated from the late-13th century. The tower is the oldest extant part and dates from 1609. In 1780, most of the castle was demolished, and a new castle was built in neoclassic style, however the right wing and north-eastern tower remained unchanged. The castle is still in use as a residential house.{{cite web |url=http://www.limburgsekastelen.nl/kastelen.asp?id=83 |title=Amstenrade, Amstenrade |website=Limburgse Kastelen via Archive.org |access-date=23 April 2022 |language=nl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060205154248/http://www.limburgsekastelen.nl/kastelen.asp?id=83 |archive-date=5 February 2006 |url-status=dead}}
Gallery
File:Kasteel Amstenrade.jpg|Amstenrade Castle
File:Amstenrade-Kerk (2).JPG|Catholic church
File:Amstenrade-Oudestraat 5.JPG|House in Amstenrade
File:Amstenrade-Hommerter Allee 78 (2).JPG|Farm in Amstenrade
References
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{{Dutch municipality Beekdaelen}}
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Category:Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)