Heerlen Stadskaart – White

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Heerlen White Stadskaart

Heerlen  is a city and a municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is the fourth largest municipality in the province of Limburg.

Heerlen forms part of Parkstad Limburg, formerly known as Oostelijke Mijnstreek (Eastern Coal Mining District), an agglomeration with about 220,000 inhabitants.

After its early Roman beginnings and a modest medieval period, Heerlen became a centre for the coal mining industry in the Netherlands in the late 19th century. In the 20th century, architect Frits Peutz played a major role in shaping the city as we know it today. His most famous design, and a distinctive building in the city centre, is the so-called Glaspaleis (Glass Palace), listed as one of the world’s thousand most architecturally important buildings of the 20th century.

Heerlen is located at 50°53′N 5°59′E in the province of Limburg in the southeast of the Netherlands on the border with Germany. It is situated in the COROP region of South Limburg and is part of the agglomeration Parkstad Limburg, formerly known as Oostelijke Mijnstreek.

Heerlen is bordered by the Dutch municipalities of Simpelveld (in the south), Voerendaal and Nuth (west), Schinnen (northwest), Brunssum (north), Landgraaf and Kerkrade (east), and the German municipality of Aachen (southeast).

Heerlen White Stadskaart