They were replaced by the Tungri, a Germanic tribe that was Celticised but in villages on the other side of the river Meuse the Eburones continued to exist what would explain the fact that the Limburgs language spoken on the west bank of the river Meuse still has some traces of the old Celtic language spoken by the Eburones.

In 946 Wessem acquired the right to make their own coins, collect taxes and to choose a guardian and a mayor.

In the 12th century BC, Wessem received full city rights and from then on suffered the same fate as so many small communities in Limburg.

In style with local customs at the time the executors received the victims' possessions and Wessem became Gelders.

Horn in contemporary Dutch and Hör in Limburgs, is still a small town very near to Wessem on the banks of the river Meuse and even the castle still exists and descendants of the noble family still live there.

Situated strategically on the banks of the busy river Meuse and on most main roads in Limburg, Wessem's economy boomed in the 17th century.

The community had a love-hate relationship with the French Empire and flourished until in the years after the downfall of Emperor Napoleon I, Wessem became a part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, a status it still has nowadays with a short interval in the years 1830–1839, when it chose the side of the Belgians in their independence struggle against the Dutch.

[5] All in all, Wessem had a very quiet history, which can be seen by walking through the old centre with a unique network of little streets paved with maaskeitjes (small square stones found in the river Meuse).

They participate in the OLS (Old Limburgs rifleshooting-fair), a big, annual cultural event for Limburgian-people from every country where every Limburgian village sends a delegation, every year.