Landgraaf

Landgraaf (Dutch: [ˈlɑntxraːf] ⓘ; Limburgish: Lankgraaf [ˈlɑŋkxʀaːf])[tone?] is a municipality in southeastern Limburg, Netherlands, forming part of the Parkstad Limburg agglomeration. SnowWorld is the largest indoor ski piste in Europe.

Population centres

• Nieuwenhagen
• Schaesberg
• Ubach over Worms

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Landgraaf, June 2015

Attractions

A pop music festival called Pinkpop is held annually on the Pentecost weekend in Schaesberg, a town in Landgraaf.

Landgraaf is home to the largest indoor ski piste in Europe, called SnowWorld.

Notable natives

• Johan Kremers (born 1933 in Nieuwenhagen) a Queen's Commissioner of Limburg from 1977 to 1990
• Harry Kempen (1937 in Nieuwenhagen – 2000) a cultural psychologist and academic
• Joep Lange (1954 in Nieuwenhagen – 2014) a Dutch clinical researcher in HIV therapy, International AIDS Society from 2002 to 2004
• Annemarie Mol (born 1958 in Schaesberg) a Dutch ethnographer, philosopher and academic
• Henk Blezer (born 1961 in Schaesberg) a Dutch Tibetologist, Indologist, and scholar of Buddhist studies
• Sharon Walraven (born 1970 in Schaesberg) a Dutch wheelchair tennis player, silver medallist at the 2000 Paralympics and gold medallist at the 2008 Paralympics
• Carach Angren (formed 2003 in Landgraaf) is a symphonic black metal band

See also

• List of mayors of Landgraaf

Gallery

• Woonhuis Broekhuizenstraat, Landgraaf
• Im Freizeitpark - Mondo Verde
• Pastorie Nieuwenhagerheide Hoogstraat
• Im Freizeitpark - Mondo Verde
• Grensstraat 129 gevel, Landgraaf-Waubach

External links

• Landgraaf travel guide from Wikivoyage