's-Heerenberg

The Dutch city of ' s-Heer mountain is part of the municipality Montferland in the province of Gelderland. It lies in the southernmost part of the Achterhoek on the border with Germany. ' s-Heer mountain belongs to the city region Arnhem-Nijmegen ( SRAM ).

History

In 1379 gave William I of the Bergh ' s-Heer mountain town rights. To 1821 was ' s-Heer mountain an independent municipality, which then came to Bergh. On 1 January 2005 Bergh and Didam were merged to form the municipality Montferland ..

Culture and sights

The town is home Bergh, one of the largest and most important castles in the country and former seat of the Counts of the Bergh. It probably goes back to the early 12th century. The building received today were built in the 14th to 17th centuries.

From 1910 to 1937, the town had a company founded by a German Jesuit monastery ( St. Boniface House ), which was attended among others by later archaeologists Engelbert Kirschbaum, as well as the later missionary and Zen master, Father Lassalle. 1937 took over the White Fathers of the monastery. From 1958 to 1971 Salesians of Don Bosco lived in the monastery. They called it Don Rua and talked a boys boarding it. In 1971 the boarding school was closed due to lack of demand and the building sold. Later, the Creativity Center Gouden was hands in it.

Traffic

In public transport s-Heer mountain is ' connected by bus with Doetinchem ( line 24) and Emmerich ( line 91). The nearest railway stations are the Zevenaar station and on the German side of the Emmerich railway station.

In part, along the city border is on the German side, the Federal Highway 3 (E 35) to the junction Emmerich.