's-Heerenberg

s-Heerenberg is a city on the Dutch-German border, in the Province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It is located about 5 km north of the German Emmerich, and about south of Doetinchem. It received city rights in 1379.

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Settlement.official_name: 's-Heerenberg
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: 's-Heerenberg, huize Bergh RM9268 foto2 2011-04-11 17.21.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: 's Heerenberg castle.
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Gelderland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Montferland
Settlement.elevation_m: 17
Settlement.area_total_km2: 3.40
Settlement.population_total: 8,635
Settlement.population_as_of: 2021
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Country: Netherlands
Located in: Montferland
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Shares border with: Zeddam
Image: 7041 's-Heerenberg, Netherlands - panoramio (94).jpg

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postal code: 7041
Commons category: 's-Heerenberg
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's-Heerenberg is the location of one of the most important castles of the Netherlands: Huis Bergh. The Huis Bergh contains a panel of the Archangel Gabriel from the famous altar piece Maestà by Duccio. The castle is surrounded to the west by a forest, part of the larger nature reserve Bergherbos.

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