Limbourg

Limbourg, also called Limbourg-sur-Vesdre, is a city and municipality in the province of Liège, in the French-speaking region of Wallonia, Belgium. Its districts are Bilstain, Goé and Limbourg itself, and the lower part of the town along the river Vesdre is known as Dolhain. The town stands on a hill almost encircled by the Vesdre, a strong defensive position in the Middle Ages, when it was the seat of the Duchy of Limburg within the Lower Lorraine region of the Holy Roman Empire. It fell in 1703 to English and Dutch forces under the Duke of Marlborough during the War of the Spanish Succession. In 2008 it had 5,680 inhabitants on 24.63 square kilometres. It should not be confused with the Dutch and Belgian provinces of Limburg or with Limburg an der Lahn in Germany.