Montfort is a town in the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 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...

. Montfort has about 4000 inhabitants. It lies about 8 km south of Roermond

Roermond

Roermond is a city, a municipality, and a diocese in the southeastern part of the Netherlands.The city of Roermond is a historically important town, on the lower Roer at the east bank of the Meuse river. It received city rights in 1231...

. It received city rights

City rights in the Netherlands

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 in 1271. It renowned for ruins of Castle Montfort, built in the thirteenth century.

Until 1991, Montfort was a separate municipality. Since then, it has been a part of Posterholt

Posterholt

Posterholt is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Roerdalen.Posterholt merged with the municipalities Montfort and Sint Odiliënberg in 1991, and the new municipality changed its name to Ambt Montfort three years later.The local soccer team, PSV'35, has...

 which was later renamed to Ambt Montfort

Ambt Montfort

Ambt Montfort is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg.In 1991, the municipalities of Montfort, Posterholt, Reutje and Sint Odiliënberg merged. The original name of the merged municipality was "Posterholt", but it was changed in "Ambt Montfort" in 1994. On January 1, 2007, Ambt...

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Since 1 January 2007, Montfort is part of the municipality of Roerdalen

Roerdalen

- Population centres :*Herkenbosch*Melick*Montfort*Posterholt*Reutje*Sint Odiliënberg*Vlodrop- External links :*...

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Places of interest

• The ruin of Castle Montfort. This castle was built around the year 1260 by Hendrik III van Gelre. For centuries it was the governmental centre of Ambt Montfort
  Ambt Montfort
  Ambt Montfort is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg.In 1991, the municipalities of Montfort, Posterholt, Reutje and Sint Odiliënberg merged. The original name of the merged municipality was "Posterholt", but it was changed in "Ambt Montfort" in 1994. On January 1, 2007, Ambt...
  
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• The presbytery of Montfort is also one of the historical buildings in Montfort.
• The mass grave
  Mass grave
  A mass grave is a grave containing multiple number of human corpses, which may or may not be identified prior to burial. There is no strict definition of the minimum number of bodies required to constitute a mass grave, although the United Nations defines a mass grave as a burial site which...
  
  s and monument
  Monument
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  s on the cemetery.

Here most of the victims of the bombardements on Montfort at the end of the Second World War were buried. The number of victims was high because at the time Montfort was a regional refugee sanctuary with 6 times its current population.

• The historical centre of Montfort. Most of the buildings in this part of the town are from the late fifties, because most of the original buildings were destroyed during the Second World War.

Landscape

• Montfort is surrounded by forests, such as 't Sweeltje, Munichsbosch, Roozendaal and Reigershorst .

External links

• Roerdalen