Heerlen: Sightseeing
Places and attractions in the Sightseeing category
Kasteel Hoensbroek
Large moated 13th-century castle museum Nestled in the quaint town of Hoensbroek, within the city of Heerlen, Netherlands, stands the majestic Kasteel Hoensbroek, a fortress of history and architectural splendor. This impressive castle, one of the largest and oldest in the country, beckons tourists with its...
Op de Vrouweheide
Op de Vrouweheide is a windmill located on the Vrouwenheide just south of Ubachsberg, Voerendaal, in the Dutch province of Limburg. Build in 1858 as a tower mill, on an artificial hill, the windmill functioned as a gristmill. The mill is a national monument since 17 January 1967.
Weltermolen
The Weltermolen is a watermill located in Welten, Heerlen in the Netherlands. It is fed by the Geleenbeek, with some extra force created by a largely man-made pond. The Weltermolen wasn't a watermill until the start of the 20th century.
Saint Bernard Church
The Saint Bernard Church is a Roman Catholic church building in Ubachsberg, Voerendaal, Netherlands. Patron saint for the church is Bernard of Clairvaux. The church is a national monument of the Netherlands.
Ter Worm Castle
Ter Worm or Terworm Castle is a castle located in the municipality of Heerlen, Limburg Province, Netherlands. The castle is part of the Terworm estate.
Oliemolen
The Oliemolen is a 16th-century watermill located at the foot of a steep hill in the Aambos, Heerlen in the Netherlands. The name already tells us much about its function, extracting oil, but this was not always the case as it first functioned as a volmolen.
Pancratiuskerk
The Pancratiuskerk is a Roman Catholic church in Heerlen in the Netherlands.
Schelmentoren
The Schelmentoren in Heerlen is a Medieval Building that has served as a defendable living tower for the Here van Are and their successors. As part of the Landsfort Herle, it served as a prison tower. It is believed to be built on command of Theoderich van Are. What is certain is that the building existed in the 12th century.
Schunck
Schunck is the name of former fashion house and department store Firma Schunck in Heerlen, the Netherlands.
Royal Theater Heerlen
Situated close to the Heerlen train station, this egg shaped building dates back to 1938 and was one of the oldest cinemas of the Netherlands. It was designed by Frits Peutz and J. Bongaerts. The buildings behind it are from a later date and include another building by Peutz.
Landsfort Herle
Landsfort Herle was a fortification with moat in, what now is, the centre of Heerlen, Netherlands, it was probably built by the counts van Ahr-Hochstaden The name Landsfort comes from the fact that the fortification come under the responsibility of the land.
Thermenmuseum
The Thermen Museum is an antiquities museum in the center of the Dutch-Limburg city of Heerlen. Opened in 1977, the museum was built around the excavation of a Roman bathhouse, which is the oldest, largest and best-preserved antique building in the...
Monseigneur Schrijnen Retreat House
The Monseigneur Schrijnen Retreat House was designed by the famed architect Frits Peutz in 1932, and named after the 18th bishop of Roermond Laurentius Josephus Antonius Hubertus Schrijnen.
Grasbroek
Grasbroek is a neighbourhood and former mining colony in the municipality Heerlen, Netherlands. The neighbourhood was built to serve the mine Oranje-Nassau I. Grasbroek houses the Patronaatsgebouw, build in 1920 it is one of the earliest examples of Amsterdam School outside Amsterdam.
Zuyd Hogeschool
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences is a University of Applied Sciences with campuses in Heerlen, Sittard and Maastricht in the southeastern Netherlands. The main focus of Zuyd University is on Bachelor programmes, 52 in total, most of them in Dutch. There are currently 8 master programmes.
Open University of the Netherlands
The Open University of the Netherlands is a Dutch institution for distance learning at university level. It is an independent government-funded university and uses a variety of methods, including written materials, the Internet, and occasional evening seminars or day sessions.
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