Eygelshoven

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Eygelshoven is a small village near the town of Kerkrade in the southeast of the Netherlands, close to the German and Belgian borders.

It has two former coalmines, Laura and Julia, which were named after the wives of the two owners. Both pits closed in 1974. Local soccer clubs are also named after the former coalmines.

Eygelshoven has a small former church from the 16th century, which stands on top of a hill. In 1922 it was replaced by a new church by architect Alphons Boosten. Plans to demolish the old church were abandoned in favour of a new use as a chapel.

A third catholic church was built in 1957, the Pastoor van Arskerk, which was torn down in 1994 when it became redundant.

The old mining village of Eygelshoven was a separate municipality until 1982, when after more than eight centuries it was merged with Kerkrade.^[1]