Landgraaf

For the comital title rendered in Dutch as Landgraaf, see Landgrave.

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.

Landgraaf Lankgraaf
Municipality
Watermill at Strijthagen castle
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Limburg
Coordinates: 50°54′N 6°1′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Richard de Boer (VVD)
Area [2]
• Total	24.67 km2 (9.53 sq mi)
• Land	24.58 km2 (9.49 sq mi)
• Water	0.09 km2 (0.03 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	161 m (528 ft)
Population  (January 2021)[4]
• Total	37,262
• Density	1,516/km2 (3,930/sq mi)
Demonym	Landgravenaar
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	6370–6374
Area code	045
Website	www.landgraaf.nl

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.^[5]

Notable natives

Annemarie Mol, 2012

• 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

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