Buggenum
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Buggenum
| native_name = {{native name|li|Bögkeme}}
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = File:Sint Aldegundiskerk.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = View on the St Aldegundis Church and the village
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| image_shield = Horn_wapen.svg
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| 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 = Leudal
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6082AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 25 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 22
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| area_total_km2 = 4.17
| established_title =
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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 April 2022}}
| population_total = 940
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| area_code_type = Dialing code
| area_code = 0475
| blank_name_sec1 = Transport
| blank1_name_sec1 = Major roads
| blank1_info_sec1 = N273
| coordinates = {{Coord|51|14|N|5|59|E|type:city(699)|display=inline, title}}
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Buggenum ({{IPA|nl|ˈbʏɣənʏm|lang}}; {{langx|li|Bögkeme}} {{IPA|li|ˈbœɡəmə|}}) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It was a part of the municipality of Haelen until 2007, when it merged into the municipality of Leudal. It lies about 5 km north of Roermond.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1230 as Bugnem, and means "settlement of Buggo (person)".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/buggenum |title=Buggenum - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=nl}} Buggenum developed in the Early Middle Ages along the Maas. It used to be part of the County of Horne and later became part of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. It became an independent heerlijkheid in 1679. Up to 1949, there was a ferry to Roermond near the village.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu08_01/sten009monu08_01_0032.php |title=Buggenum |author=Sabine Broekhoven, & Ronald Stenvert| year=2003 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90-400-9623-6 |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=nl}}
The Catholic St Allegundis Church is a three aisled church. The choir still dates from around 1400. The remainder was destroyed in 1944. The current church is Gothic Revival style was built between 1948 and 1949, and a tower was added in 1958.
Malborgh estate is a castle-like building with two corner towers. In 1470, it became owned by the St Elisabeth monastery. In 1798, it became private property and received its current shape in 1830.
Buggenum was home to 668 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/buggenum |title=Buggenum |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=nl}} Buggenum was a separate municipality until 1942, when it was merged with Haelen.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. {{cite web|url=http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr%3D20061061 |title=KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina |accessdate=2009-12-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041404/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 |archivedate=2007-02-20 }}
Gallery
File:Malborgh.jpg|Estate Malborgh
File:Boerderij 1772.jpg|Farm in Buggenum
File:Boerderij Leyenhof Buggenum.jpg|Farm Leynhof
File:HUA-152640-Gezicht op de vernielde spoorbrug te Buggenum.jpg|Destroyed railway bridge during World War II
References
{{Dutch municipality Leudal}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)