Eijsden

Eijsden is a place situated within the very south of the European usa the Netherlands. There it's far placed in the southeastern part of the province of Limburg. Until January 1, 2011 Eijsden turned into the main village in a municipality with the same call. On that date this municipality merged with the neighbouring one in all Margraten, ensuing in in recent times Eijsden-Margraten municipality, wherein Eijsden once more is the largest region.

This village is one of the most southerly locations inside the Netherlands, for in its south it is extending up to the most southerly a part of the border between the Netherlands and Belgium. Eijsden is one of the older places in the country. Its name is meant to be derived of the Germanic phrase for aspen forest. Excavations have discovered a Roman settlement. In the Middle Ages, this agreement advanced to a village. After the Middle Ages, inside the 17th century Eijsden received in economic electricity because of its role near the Dutch-Belgian frontier on the Meuse river. Its characteristic as a trading and shipping centre attracted settlement of well to do merchants from Holland.