Grijzegrubben
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Municipality
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of Nuth
Nuth
Nuth is a municipality and a village in the Dutch province of Limburg, situated in the southern Netherlands.The village Nuth has 5,548 inhabitants, and is with that the largest village of the municipality. The town hall of the municipality Nuth is also situated in the village Nuth...
in the province of Limburg
Limburg (Netherlands)
Limburg is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. It is located in the southeastern part of the country and bordered by the province of Gelderland to the north, Germany to the east, Belgium to the south and part of the west, andthe Dutch province of North Brabant partly to...
, the Netherlands
Netherlands
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The name Grijzegrubben contains the toponym
Toponymy
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Grubbe, which in Limburg often refers to a hollow way
Sunken lane
A sunken lane is a road which has over time fallen significantly lower than the land on either side. They are created incrementally by erosion, by water and traffic...
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The name was already in use in the year 1637, when Aleidis of Grijzegrubben leased some land to the nobleman
Nobility
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Bartholomeus van Reymersbeeck.
Archeologists found in Grijzegrubben in August 2002 the remains of a Roman
Roman Empire
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farm or storehouse, originating from approximately the 2nd century.
In September 1944, a tree with a Christian cross
Christian cross
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was accidentally destroyed by an American armoured car.
Due to the cross and the preservation of Grijzegrubben during World War II
World War II
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, community members built a chapel
Chapel
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at this spot in 1945. The chapel is still owned by the community.
The Southern Limburg horse market is held each year in Grijzegrubben since 2005.