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Roman Catholic church of the Holy Heart, consecrated in 1885, WVA Tepe. Neo-Gothic cruciform basilica with three-sided closed transept arms and buttress arches. Tower with perpendicular buttresses and three niches with brick traceries in each section. Internal cross-ribbed vaults and star vaults over the crossing and choir. Organ with two keyboards and attached pedal. Made in 1835 by HD Lindsen in Utrecht, restored in 1985 by the Verschueren company in Heythuysen. Electric tower clock with normal striking mechanism, ± 1934.

Characteristic work from the oeuvre of Hendrik W. Valk (1886-1973) from 's Hertogenbosch, designed according to the so-called Christocentric design (priest's chancel at the intersection of nave and transept). The wide, brick-vaulted nave is flanked by two side aisles; against the tower two transepts. The interior is entirely built of beautiful brickwork. Characteristic are the sculpted apostle heads by Jozef Cantré (1890-1957) and the painted Stations of the Cross by Lodewijk Schelfhout (1881-1943). The stained glass windows are by Joep Nicolas (1897-1972). The robust, relatively low tower body is crowned by an imposing spire.

Interesting church with a large tower in the Nieuwenhagerheide district. Characteristic robust style by architect JJ Wielders. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Emergency church until 1929.

The population continued to expand and the emergency church became too small. In 1935-'36 the current church was built of brick. The design is in the expressionist style of J. Cuypers and P. Cuypers jr. More information about the architecture can be found at the Stichting Wetenschapsinstituut Glasschilderkunst 20e eeuw. The clock was made by the Eysbouts company in Asten in 1936. In that same year the church was blessed by dean Souren and the new church could be put into use. Finally in 1937 the rectory was elevated to an independent parish. The bishop of Roermond appointed rector Schippers as the first pastor of the parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

As far as can be determined, the name 'Beek' was first mentioned around 1500, in Gelderland fief deeds. The hamlet was then called: 'Leen ter Beke', 'Aen gen Beeck', or later 'ter Beeck in den kerspel Bracht'. In 1526, the village of Bracht was no more than a chapel, served from the old parish of Linne and Echt, in 1756 Bracht was called a parish and Beek also fell under that. However, according to a provision of Bishop Reginaldus, since 1696 the proceeds of 'Aen gen Beeck' had to go to Linne and not to Bracht. In the meantime, a chapel had been built in Beek. It is still there and bears the date 1791. It is crowned with a nice roof turret and has an altar from the 18th century. This chapel was dedicated to Our Lady from the beginning and was immediately served from Bracht. The pastor of this place had to ensure that the holy mass was read once a week in Beek. Because the number of believers in Beek increased over the years, the bishop of Roermond decided in 1932 to start building his own house of God on the spot and he appointed a rector. The church was built in 1933 to a design by J. Franssen. On 1 August 1946, the rectorate was elevated to a parish with H. von Schwarzenberg as the first pastor. During the month of December 1944, the church was hit by several grenades. However, the damage was minor. Even the windows by René Smeets in the chancel were preserved. The church of Brachterbeek was the only one in the immediate vicinity that had come off so well. Pious souls attributed this to the fact that the church was dedicated to the Sacred Heart and pointed out that other Sacred Heart churches in Roermond, Tegelen and Venlo were also spared. (Source: The destroyed churches in Limburg/A. van Rijswijck, pr. - 1946)

Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Heart, BECAUSE of the single-manual organ with 10 registers, made in 1830 by the Gebr. Schauten from Jüchen, Germany) for the St. Peter's Church in Gulpen, placed in Heerlen-Schandelen in 1928. Restored in 1968 by the company DA Flentrop (Zaandam).

The first pile was driven on 21 January 1910 and nine months later the church was ready. At first the church stood alone between the meadows, but soon after the opening other houses, shops and a café were added. This created the heart of the current village. On 22 November 1910 the church was consecrated by Dean Ebbinkhuizen. The consecration by Bishop Callier took place on 1 May 1911.

Important work by architect Jos. CF Margry. The Heilig Hart van Jezuskerk is a Roman Catholic church at Beeklaan 13 in the Dutch village of De Zilk. Originally, the Catholic inhabitants of De Zilk belonged to the parish of Vogelenzang. The Heilig Hart van Jezuskerk was built in 1919-1920 to a design by Jos Margry. It is a three-aisled neo-Gothic cruciform church. In 1922, the church was enlarged and in 1928 the tower was built. The church was put into use in 1920 and dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Nowadays, the church is used by the Wilibrordus parish, a merged parish in which the parishes of Hillegom, Lisse and De Zilk have been merged since 1 January 2010. The church building has the status of municipal monument. (Source: Wikipedia)

Three-aisled neo-Gothic pseudo-basilica with west tower and choir section, which was later enlarged and raised.