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

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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.

Notable natives

140px|thumb|Annemarie Mol, 2012

  • 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

See also

  • List of mayors of Landgraaf

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References

  • Official website

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