Talk:Limbourg

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"This town derives its name from linde "linden, lime tree" and burg "fortress".

Tiens, tiens; this sounds like a prooved fact; but is it indeed and what are the sources? The doubt is based mainly on the fact, that a "lime-tree fortress" seems like a rather mysterious object. Couldn't it be, that the name of this town, or better village, is derived from the name of the province of Limburg, while this name originally was "Leemburg", meaning "Loam-fortress"? Natubico (talk) 05:14, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On second thought it also might be, that the area, where this place is situated, once was Flemish, whereas the fortress on the hill was the loam one, after which the nowadays provinces are named (by whatever a cause). Natubico (talk) 04:18, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]