Heilig Hart van Jezus

With elements of Neo-Romanesque in 1931 to a design by the architects Caspar and Jos. Franssen from Roermond built church in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The church is situated in a small park. In front of the church is a Sacred Heart statue from around 1935 in artificial stone on a plinth of Kunradersteen. Around the Sacred Heart statue is a natural stone wall with columns with iron bars in between. At the rear of the church on the altar side is a Lourdes grotto also from around 1935 (1940 according to the year at the grotto) built from so-called hard mine stone with an altar table, a pulpit and a niche with a statue of Mary.

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Rolduc Abbey

Rolduc Abbey is a former abbey from the 12th century, which is said to have been founded in 1104 by Pastor Ailbertus van Antoing. In addition to the abbey church, the vast complex includes an abbey building in Mosan Renaissance style (abbey wing and water tower, 1671), an 18th-century Baroque abbey wing, the monastery farm dating largely from the 18th century and other economic buildings. The crypt of the abbey church is famous for its 12th century carved capitals, which are among the highlights of Mosan art. The Romanesque columns themselves, sometimes spiral-shaped or decorated with zigzag patterns, are of great beauty.

Heilige Johannes de Doper

Large church with a tower placed on the side. The church was built when the old Gothic church on the nearby church hill became too small due to the expansion of Eygelshoven, as a result of the Laura and Julia mines. In 1920, construction began on the new church, designed by A. Boosten in Maastricht and J. Ritzen in Heerlen.