Wyck (Maastricht)

Wyck
neighbourhood
Location of Wyck in Maastricht
Municipality	Maastricht
Province	Limburg
Country	Netherlands
Area
• Total	64 ha (158 acres)
Population
• Total	4,600 (Wyck-Céramique combined)

Wyck (Limburgian: Wiek) is a neighbourhood in Maastricht, Netherlands comprising the eastern Maas bank of the city's historic centre.

Areas

The neighbourhood has three distinct parts:

Oud-Wyck (Old Wyck), comprising the built-up area dating from the Middle Ages, once surrounded by Maastricht's city wall.
The area surrounding the Maastricht railway station, dating from the 19th-century.
Céramique, an area developed during the 1990s/2000s on the site of the former Société Céramique-factory, consisting of mostly new-built apartment blocks and some historic buildings. Though often seen as a neighbourhood in itself, it is officially part of Wyck.

Oud-Wyck during the 1950s
Typical architecture of Oud-Wyck (national monument 27883)
Typical street in Oud-Wyck
Maastricht railway station
Intersection
Céramique: View onto the 1990s/2000s built apartment blocks and a theatre housed in an older building (centre)
Céramique: view of Avenue Céramique, Céramique's main thoroughfare
Céramique: view of Avenue Céramique into the opposite direction
Céramique: view of an apartment building typical of this section of Wyck

Neighbouring areas

Boschstraatkwartier

Sint Maartenspoort

Wyckerpoort

Wyckerpoort

Wyck-Céramique

Villapark

Randwyck

Culture

General	Flag Coat of arms Judaism Limburgish language (Maastrichtian variant) Museums in Maastricht Sjeng The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) European Model United Nations (EuroMUN)

Education	Jan van Eyck Academie Maastricht School of Management Maastricht University (incl. University College Maastricht) Zuyd University of Applied Sciences (incl. Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts Maastricht Academy of Music Maastricht School of Hotel Management

History	First Siege (1579) Capture of Maastricht (1632) Second Siege (1673) Third Siege (1748) Département de Meuse-Inférieure (1795-1814) Battle of Maastricht (1940)

Geography

Geology & Hydrology	Juliana Canal Maastrichtian (geological period) Meuse Mount Saint Peter Zuid-Willemsvaart

Region / Urban area	Meuse-Rhine Euroregion South Limburg Lanaken (B) Riemst (B) (Kanne) Visé (B)

Neighbourhoods	Amby Beatrixhaven Belfort Belvédère Biesland Binnenstad Borgharen Boschpoort Boschstraatkwartier Bosscherveld Brusselsepoort Caberg Campagne Daalhof Dousberg-Hazendans Frontenkwartier De Heeg Heer Heugem Heugemerveld Itteren Jekerdal Jekerkwartier Kommelkwartier Lanakerveld Limmel Malberg Malpertuis Mariaberg Meerssenhoven Nazareth Oud-Caberg Pottenberg Randwyck Scharn Sint Maartenspoort Sint Pieter Statenkwartier Villapark Vroendaal Wittevrouwenveld Wyck-Céramique Wyckerpoort

Politics

Local politics	Historical mayors (current mayor) Onno Hoes (VVD) (2010-)

International politics	Maastricht Treaty (1992) Most Ancient European Towns Network

Sports

Transportation

capital of the Province of Limburg, Netherlands

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