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Modest modern church without a real tower, but with a large cross.

The church was built in 1934-1935 to a design by Jan van Hardeveld and Herman van der Bijl. Mari Andriessen made the sculptures on the front and in the church.

The parish of St. Augustine was founded in 1862 to provide the village centres of Lutterade and Krawinkel with church life. The parish church was built exactly in the middle between the two residential areas, surrounded by the cemetery. However, the church had to make way for the advancing industry of the mines. Only the cemetery remains, which is still located on the Groenseijkerstraat to this day. In 1935, the new parish church was completed on the Prins de Lignestraat. The national monument is popularly known as the 'two-tower church'. The parish of St. Augustine has been working together with other parishes in Geleen for quite some time. Around 2000, part of the former parish of the H.Hart (Paterskerk) was transferred to the Augustinus. In the years that followed, various partnerships were set up. As a result, an intensive exchange has already grown in the pastoral fields. As a true central church, the Augustinus unites many social lines and has become a church building that has something to offer to many believers due to its size and possibilities. The church is also open every afternoon between 14:00 and 16:00.

Three-aisled neoclassical pseudo-basilica with tower with Romanesque superstructure, built in 1848-1849 by J. Dumoulin to replace a medieval church. Internally plastered barrel vaults. The most important inventory item is the statue group from around 1525 of Anna te Drieën by an unknown sculptor, named the Master of Elsloo after this group. Furthermore, some other 16th century statues, a pulpit from around 1800, originating from the St. Servaas in Maastricht, and two baroque side altars. Organ by Pereboom & Leyser from 1874. During the war, on 17 September 1944, the tower and roof were badly damaged by grenade fire. German soldiers were stationed there who used the tower as a lookout post against the English, who were rapidly approaching from Belgium. Tower damaged 1944, restored.

The church was restored in the years 2002-2005. A new organ was installed in the Roman Catholic Titus Brandsma Church in Oss, originating from a Protestant church. The old organ from 1968 was sold to the church of Dreumel.

Built as Roman Catholic church St. Barbara. Interesting reconstruction church without tower. In the Kakert district. Replaced an emergency church .

St. Barbara's Church, built in the style of traditionalism. The church was built in 1895 to a design by Jac. van Groenendael jr. The church is situated in the immediate vicinity of the former rectory and the guesthouse.

This church was built in 1924 next to the dilapidated previous church from the 16th century. On 15 November 1944 the church was blown up by the retreating Germans. Only the concrete trusses survived the explosion. A few years later a new and larger church was put into use.

Built as a Roman Catholic church for the village of Vreeswijk. Characteristic late neo-Gothic church with tower and roof turret. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Important church in the style of the Delft School with a massive bell tower. The tower has a special design, as it has a semicircular extension against the south facade. This gives the tower an unexpectedly expressive character. It is correct, as the monument register states, that this extension serves the staircase that leads to the flat on the tower. But the remarkable design of the tower undoubtedly also has a symbolic background. It probably refers to the role that the tower plays in the martyrdom of Saint Barbara. Her pagan father, Dioscurus, locked Barbara in a tower to protect her from the many young men who sought her hand. The St. Barbara is virtually the only church by architect AJN Boosten above the major rivers (another was the (demolished) H. Sacrament in Arnhem). The interior of the St. Barbara Church contains an important series of stained glass windows.