Bingelrade

Bingelrade
Village
Street view with water well
Bingelrade Location in the Netherlands Show map of Netherlands Bingelrade Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands Show map of Limburg, Netherlands
Coordinates: 50°58′35″N 5°55′38″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Municipality	Beekdaelen
Area [1]
• Total	3.59 km^2 (1.39 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	75 m (246 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	810
• Density	230/km^2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6456[1]
Dialing code	046

Bingelrade (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɪŋəlˌraːdə]; Limburgish: Bèngelder [ˈbɛŋəldəʀ]) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Beekdaelen, and lies about 6 km southeast of Sittard.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1263 as Binghenrode, and means "cultivation of the forest of Bingo (person)".^[3] Bingelrade started in the Middle Ages as a cultivation village and developed into a road village.^[4]

The Catholic St Lambertus Church has a gable roof central tower and was built between 1934 and 1935 as a replacement of the church from around 1500. The water well was built in the 19th century with chalk around a brick well from 1664.^[4] Raath Castle was built in 1686, but burnt down in 1751. In 1804 an estate was built in its place.^[5]

Bingelrade was home to 100 people in 1840.^[5] Bingelrade used to be a separate municipality. In 1982, it was merged into Onderbanken.^[6] In 2019, it became part of Beekdaelen.^[5]

Gallery

• 
  St Lamberts Church
• 
  House from 1766
• 
  Huize Raath
• 
  Farm in Bingelrade

References

1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
2. "Postcodetool for 6456AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
3. "Bingelrade". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 April 2022.
4. Sabine Broekhoven, & Ronald Stenvert (2003). Bingelrade (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9623 6. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
5. "Bingelrade". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 April 2022.
6. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.