Elsloo, Limburg

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Elsloo is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Stein, about 2 km south of the town of Stein itself.<ref name='ANWB'>ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland, Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.</ref> Beek-Elsloo railway station serves Elsloo.

History

The village was first mentioned in 855 (CL I, 23; RI I, 1277), than 1002 as Elisla, and means "forest with alder trees".<ref name="etym">Template:Cite web</ref> Elsloo developed in the Early Middle Ages in the valley of the Maas. The Maas flooded the village several times, and in 1459 the church was moved to higher grounds.<ref name="monument">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="etym"/>

Elsloo Castle was built in the 12th century and was flooded in the early-17th century. The brewery was converted into a castle and extended. It suffered from fires in 1835 and 1885. A Gothic Revival style corner tower was added in 1838.<ref name="monument"/>

The Catholic St Augustinus Church is a three aisled church built between 1848 and 1849 as a replacement of the 1459 church.<ref name="monument"/>

Elsloo was home to 495 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats">Template:Cite web</ref> Until 1982, when it was merged with Stein, Elsloo was a separate municipality, also incorporating the smaller villages of Meers and Catsop.<ref>Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. Template:Cite web</ref>

The first artificially inseminated calf in the Netherlands was born on 5 December 1935 at the farm of Jan Werner in Elsloo. The father was Sjors from Lierop who later fathered many children.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>