Heilige Urbanus

In 1950, the fourth Roman Catholic St. Urbanus church was built. The question was where the previous three churches of Belfeld stood. Thanks to the help of fellow collectors, the answer was found. The first church, which stood until 1839, as well as the second church from 1839 and the third church from 1912, all three stood on the Markt on the corner of the Urbanusstraat. The new church from after 1945 is at Irenelaan 23. (50-03)

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Heilige Lambertus

The Saint Lambertus Church is a Roman Catholic church built between 1878-1880. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Heilige Jozef

The original church from 1934 was a creation of the architect A. Rats. This church was destroyed by war on 20 November 1944. The entire western part was destroyed, and the vaults collapsed. The destruction was so extensive that only the foundations were still visible. The tower clock was destroyed, as well as the harmonium, the pews and the Stations of the Cross. The bells had already been stolen by the occupier in 1942. Immediately after the liberation, the masses were read in the cellars of various parishioners. Shortly afterwards, the Custers hall was put into use for this purpose, but it was also too small. From 11 March 1945, the Lemmen hall was therefore set up as an emergency church. This burned down in 1946, so that the Custers hall had to provide a solution again. In the meantime, the Lemmen hall was renovated and purchased, so that it could be used as a permanent emergency church. This temporary church was put into use in 1958 as a nursery school, which in turn left the building in 1969.