Sint Odiliënberg

History

Romans settled here very early. Around 700, missionary monks from Northumbria, Saints Wiro, Plechelmus, and Otgerus, built a monastery there, which was important in the Christianisation of the Netherlands. After the Eighty Years' War, this area came under Spanish rule; it was ceded to the Dutch Republic in 1715. Until the French municipal reorganisation, St. Odiliënberg belonged to the administrative division known as Ambt Montfort. Around 1810 it became a separate commune/municipality. In 1991 the municipality of Sint Odiliënberg merged into Ambt Montfort, which in January 2007 merged into Roerdalen.

Most-observed species

• European Stonechat

  Saxicola rubicola (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  15,547
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14,806
• Great Spotted Woodpecker

  Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,589
• Great Egret

  Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  13,155
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  12,764
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  11,939
• Common Chiffchaff

  Phylloscopus collybita (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  11,726
• Short-toed Treecreeper

  Certhia brachydactyla C.L.Brehm, 1820 · Aves
  10,899

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2021-01-02
  5 km ENE of Eynatten, Belgium
• M 2.9 — 2018-05-25
  1 km S of Reppel, Belgium
• M 2.9 — 2013-01-20
  0 km WNW of Brachterbeek, Netherlands
• M 4.2 — 2011-09-08
  3 km ENE of Heijen, Netherlands
• M 4.1 — 2009-07-24
  2 km NW of Kamp-Lintfort, Germany
• M 3.2 — 2008-12-25
  6 km ESE of Rheinberg, Germany