Terstraten, known as Tersjtraote in Limburgish, is a hamlet in the municipality

Municipality

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 of Nuth

Nuth

Nuth is a municipality and a village in the Dutch province of Limburg, situated in the southern Netherlands.The village Nuth has 5,548 inhabitants, and is with that the largest village of the municipality. The town hall of the municipality Nuth is also situated in the village Nuth...

 in the province of Limburg

Limburg (Netherlands)

Limburg is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. It is located in the southeastern part of the country and bordered by the province of Gelderland to the north, Germany to the east, Belgium to the south and part of the west, andthe Dutch province of North Brabant partly to...

, the Netherlands

Netherlands

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It is one of the so called Bovengehuchten, or Upper Hamlets, of Nuth.
All the houses are situated along the street Terstraten, which runs from the neighboring hamlet Brand

Brand (Nuth)

Brand is a hamlet in the municipality of Nuth in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands.It is one of the so called Bovengehuchten, or Upper Hamlets, of Nuth. Brand is located south of the stream Platsbeek....

 via a hollow way

Sunken lane

A sunken lane is a road which has over time fallen significantly lower than the land on either side. They are created incrementally by erosion, by water and traffic...

 towards the Maastrichterweg.
In between the houses is a little square with a Christian cross

Christian cross

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 underneath a tree.
The houses in Terstraten are officially preserved heritage

Cultural heritage

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The hamlet is known as a painters' paradise, due to the many 18th-century farmhouses with timber framing

Timber framing

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Between Terstraten and the hamlet Brand runs the stream Platsbeek.