The parish of Borgharen, with roots back to the late medieval period, is situated between the Juliana Canal and the Meuse. In the thirteenth century, the noble Van Haeren family built ‘Kasteel Borgharen’ (‘Borgharen Castle’), from which the village derives its name.

The current castle comprises a seventeenth-century central building; however, the remains of the original castle are still visible. Until 1380, Borgharen was a free imperial lordship. After this date, it fell under ‘Staatsbewind’ (the Batavian Republic state authority). The original Romanesque ‘Sint-Corneliuskerk’ (‘Church of Pope Saint Cornelius’) was renovated around 1600. The current church dates from 1888.

Many artefacts and remains were discovered during excavations in the 1990s between Borgharen and the neighbouring settlement of Itteren, including remains from the Roman villa Borgharen-Pasestraat and 23 Merovingian graves. During later excavations in 2010, excavations at the ‘Oostelijke Rug’ (‘the eastern ridge’) between Spekstraat and Pasestraat uncovered a unique mass grave with the remains of 69 horses.

The construction of the Juliana Canal in 1930 isolated the village somewhat. Borgharen made the news in 1993 when it was hit hard by a flood of the river Meuse.

https://www.thuisinmaastricht.nl/en/borgharen/history/