Landgraaf

Landgraaf (; ) is a municipality in southeastern Limburg, Netherlands, forming part of the Parkstad Limburg agglomeration. SnowWorld is the largest indoor ski piste in Europe.

Population centres Nieuwenhagen Schaesberg Ubach over Worms

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Landgraaf, June 2015

Attractions A pop music festival called Pinkpop is held annually on the Pentecost weekend in Schaesberg, a town in Landgraaf.

Landgraaf is home to the largest indoor ski piste in Europe, called SnowWorld.Snow World Landgraaf

Notable natives

Johan Kremers (born 1933 in Nieuwenhagen) a Queen's Commissioner of Limburg from 1977 to 1990 Harry Kempen (1937 in Nieuwenhagen – 2000) a cultural psychologist and academic Joep Lange (1954 in Nieuwenhagen – 2014) a Dutch clinical researcher in HIV therapy, International AIDS Society from 2002 to 2004 Annemarie Mol (born 1958 in Schaesberg) a Dutch ethnographer, philosopher and academic Henk Blezer (born 1961 in Schaesberg) a Dutch Tibetologist, Indologist, and scholar of Buddhist studies Sharon Walraven (born 1970 in Schaesberg) a Dutch wheelchair tennis player, silver medallist at the 2000 Paralympics and gold medallist at the 2008 Paralympics Carach Angren (formed 2003 in Landgraaf) is a symphonic black metal band

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