Schilberg (Limburgish: Sjaelberg) is a neighborhood in the Dutch Limburgish village of Pey.[2] It is home to Our Lady of Schilberg, a chapel and pilgrimage site.[3] It was home to 1,870 people in 2021.[1]

Schilberg
Neighbourhood
The Onze Lieve-Vrouw Chapel in Schilberg
Schilberg Location in the Netherlands Show map of Netherlands Schilberg Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands Show map of Limburg, Netherlands
Coordinates: 51.1010°N 5.8786°E / 51.1010; 5.8786
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Municipality	Echt-Susteren
Town	Pey
Area [1]
• Total	0.88 km2 (0.34 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	1,870
• Density	2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6101[1]
Dialing code	0475

Etymology

Schilberg was first mentioned around 1300 as Scheylberg, and means "leaning hill".[4]

Description

The neighborhood lies west of Pey village center and the N276 and east of Echt and the Roermond-Sittard railroad line.[5] In the southeast lies the hamlet of Slek, in the northeast lies the residential area of Hingen. Schilberg is partly surrounded by agricultural fields, within walking distance from nature reserves. When the neighborhood was still rural, it consisted mainly of farmhouses and small houses for miners and employees of neighboring tile factories. The buildings were concentrated on the junction of Bosstraat and Heerweg. Most of the small houses have now disappeared. The buildings now vary from blocks of flats in the north, terraced houses just south of them, many detached and semi-detached houses and a few rows of terraced houses in the rest of the district.[2]

It used to be a hamlet with a population of 63 people in 1840, but has become part of the town of Pey. The Chapel of Our Lady has been a site of pilgrimage since the 16th century. It used to be an independent parish until 1932 when it was merged into Pey.[6]

References

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