Mheer
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mheer
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = File:Dorpsgezicht gezien vanuit het zuidoosten - Mheer - 20383181 - RCE.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = View on Mheer
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| image_shield = Mheer wapen.svg
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| pushpin_map = Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg
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| 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 = Eijsden-Margraten
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6261NA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 24 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 170
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| area_total_km2 = 4.36
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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=24 April 2022}}
| population_total = 860
| 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 = 043
| coordinates = {{coord|50|46|58|N|5|47|35|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}}
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Mheer ({{IPA|nl|ˈmeːr}}; {{langx|li|Maer}}) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten and about 12 km southeast of Maastricht.
History
The village was first mentioned in the 1170s as de Mere, and means lake.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/mheer |title=Mheer - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=24 April 2022 |language=nl}} Mheer developed in the Middle Ages on the plateau of Margraten. A castle was built on the highest point belong to the Land of Dalhem. The village became a heerlijkheid in 1564.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu08_01/sten009monu08_01_0102.php |title=Mheer |author=Sabine Broekhoven, & Ronald Stenvert| year=2003 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9623 6 |access-date=24 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Meer Castle was first mentioned in 1314. The oldest parts date from the early-14th century. The current complex was finished by 1570. In 1914, an extensive remodelling was planned, but was only partially executed between 1918 and 1923. The park was laid out in 1852.
The Catholic St Lambertus is a single aisled church with needle spire. It was built between 1876 and 1877 according to a design by Pierre Cuypers as a replacement of the 1774 church.
Mheer was home to 405 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1982, when it was merged with Margraten.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}} The municipality also covered Banholt and Terhorst. In 2011, it became part of the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/mheer |title=Mheer |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=24 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Gallery
File:Exterieur OVERZICHT - Mheer - 20303915 - RCE.jpg|Mheer Castle
File:Bruisterbosch-Galg van Mheer (16).jpg|Gallow of Mheer
File:Mheer kerk en mei-den 2013.jpg|St Lambertus Church and maypole
File:Handwerkhuis Mheer - panoramio.jpg|House in mheer
References
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{{Dutch municipality Eijsden-Margraten}}
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Category:Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)