Horst aan de Maas (; ) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. In 2010 the municipalities Sevenum and part of Meerlo-Wanssum joined the municipality.
Population centres
America, Broekhuizen, Broekhuizenvorst, Evertsoort, Griendtsveen, Grubbenvorst, Hegelsom, Horst, Kronenberg, Lottum, Meerlo, Melderslo, Meterik, Sevenum, Swolgen and Tienray.
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Horst aan de Maas, June 2015.
Notable people Frans Schraven (1873 in Lottum – 1937) a Dutch Catholic bishop who served as a missionary in China Hub van Doorne (1900 in America – 1979) and his brother Wim, founded DAF Servaas Huys (1940 in Grubbenvorst – 2016) a Dutch politician Jack Poels (born 1957 in America) singer, guitarist and harmonica player of Rowwen Hèze Peter Jenniskens (born 1962 in Horst) a Dutch and American astronomer and senior research scientist Twan Huys (born 1964 in Sevenum) a Dutch journalist, TV presenter and author IMDb Database retrieved 16 August 2019 Raymond Knops (born 1971 in Hegelsom) a Dutch politician Marijn Poels (born 1975 in Meerlo) a Dutch independent filmmaker and documentary maker IMDb Database retrieved 16 August 2019 Mark Verheijen (born 1976 in Baarlo) a Dutch politician Rowwen Hèze (founded 1985) a Limburgish folk band Heideroosjes (active 1989-2012) punk rock band Sport Paul Verhaegh (born 1983 in Kronenberg) a former Dutch football player with 453 club caps and 3 international caps Dirk Marcellis (born 1988 in Horst) a former Dutch football player with 259 club caps Dominique Janssen (born 1995 in Horst) Dutch football player for the Netherlands national team
References
External links
Official website