Heilige Landelinus

The Sint Landelinus Church in Empel was built in 1948–1949 to a design by the Tilburg architect NH Pontzen (1919–1979) in reconstruction style. The church is located in the centre of Empel, the village rebuilt after the Second World War that is located slightly further from the Maas than the original ribbon village of Empel along the Maas. The Sint Landelinus Church and an associated rectory were built to replace the neo-Gothic Landelinus Church in Oud Empel, which was destroyed in November 1944. The Sint Landelinus Church and rectory have a traditionalist design influenced by the Bossche School. The church is designed according to the pseudo-basic type with a high square crossing tower and adjacent side chapels. Christocentric: the altar is located centrally in the crossing, which is externally crowned by a heavy tower. Behind this is a shallow five-sided apse extension. In 1996, an extension was added to the sacristy. The church has, in accordance with the basilica spatial division, a central nave with side aisles. The central nave is very wide and has benches on either side. The side aisles function as walkways and procession corridors. The central nave reaches to the triumphal arch wall that marks the connection to the high choir located under the crossing tower. At the end of the side aisles, on either side of the choir, are chapels. The church contains, among other things: Stations of the Cross by E. Deckers; a cross by Albert Termote; a statue of Antonius Abt by Frans van der Burgt and a triptych by L. Wiegman, which depicts the so-called Miracle of Empel (1585).