Roermond

Roermond, an old town in the Dutch province of Limburg, at the junction of the Roer and the Maas (Meuse), 29 miles by rail N. by E. of Maestricht. The cathedral (1218) is one of the finest Romanesque churches in the Netherlands. The church of St Christopher contains good paintings by Dutch masters. Principal industries are weaving woollen cloths and cottons and making paper. During the middle ages Roermond was on several occasions besieged and taken; its walls were demolished in 1819. Pop. (1890) 12,039.