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The guesthouse developed in 100 years’ time into a general hospital with professional medicine and nursing for patients from all walks of life. This hospital is the direct forerunner of the University Hospital Maastricht. In the 1960s the coal mines in this most Southern province of the Netherlands closed their doors and large unemployment threatened the prosperity in this region. The need for economic restructuring in the South of the Netherlands and the desire of the government in the Hague to spread science and education, contributed to speed up matters. Establishing a university could and should give a positive impulse to the region. In 1969 Maastricht was designated to host the eighth and youngest medical faculty of the country. In 1974, the first medical students arrived in Maastricht, two years before the official establishment of the university. 144 Aerial view of the on the University Hospital in Maastricht. Main entrance of the University Hospital Maastricht. BWEADVSMGFINCORR:Opmaak 1 21-07-2014 17:40 Pagina 144