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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.

Probably a small hall church was built on this site in the 11th or 12th century . Parts of the tower and the nave date from that time. The south aisle was added later. In the 16th century the tower and the north aisle were renovated.

This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

The church in Baexem was mentioned in 1485 at least as independent of the mother church in Thorn. The oldest remains of church buildings were found during the archaeological research after the Second World War by P. Glazema. In his reconstruction, the oldest remains of a stone church were not dated, the tower was dated from around 1200. This tower remained standing until 1944. The old church was a small hall church, against which a polygonal chancel was built at some point later. The church was also enlarged at some point with a second nave. A memorial stone with the date 1576, which was built into the tower above the entrance, could indicate the renovation of the church, or the cladding of the tuff tower with marl. In 1850, the old church, with the exception of the tower, was demolished and replaced by a three-aisled neoclassical church. The church of 1850 became too small for the growing population. Therefore, in 1928, under the direction of architect Caspar Franssen, the side aisles were extended along the chancel. New sacristies and a new baptismal chapel were added next to the tower. On 15 November 1944, the tower was blown up by the retreating Germans. Almost the entire inventory was destroyed by the explosion. The bell from 1829 had already been stolen by the occupiers on 11 January 1943, the bell from 1450, cast by Jan van Asten, which was still hanging in the tower, fell to the ground during the explosion, virtually undamaged.

Modern church with a detached tower, built to replace a neo-Romanesque church from 1870 on the Reijerskoop, which was closed in 1971 due to dilapidation and demolished in 1974.

A hall church from 1899-1900. In 1907 the nave was partly demolished again to expand the church by adding side aisles along the nave. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Spacious, single-nave cruciform church in traditionalist forms with a large west tower, covered by a brick spire. The design is in line with the concept of the people's church. Internally covered by wooden barrel vaults. Characteristic work in the oeuvre of HPJ de Vries.

New neo-Gothic St. John's Church with roof turret, tower not built. The church replaced the adjacent "Little St. John" from the thirteenth century. This beautiful neo-Gothic church, and the historic Little St. John, are the only church buildings still in use in the Hoensbroek Parish.

Nice modern church, without a tower, with various side rooms, and a portable chest organ from 1968 by Verschueren.

Parish of Saint Christoffel. The predecessor, a temporary wooden church, also called a 'car church', was destroyed by fire in 1959. The current church was put into use in 1960. Hall church in modernist forms under a gently sloping lean-to roof and a squat, low bell tower against the front facade.