Molenberg

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Land house attorney Wijnands (Frits Peutz, 1919), at the botom of the Molenberglaan
Land house attorney Wijnands (Frits Peutz, 1919), at the botom of the Molenberglaan

Molenberg (literally Millhill) is a former mining colony in the south-western part of Heerlen, southeastern Netherlands.

When work started in 1913 it was called Molenbergpark (Millhillpark) [1].

The mining colony was created to house mining executives (alongside the slope of the hill, towards the centre of Heerlen), engineers (alongside the mean road), and miners. [2]

Although much of the plan logical work was done by architect Jan Stuyt, there are/where also buildings designed by Frits Peutz (Land house attorney Wijnands, 1919, the Broederschool (school building) 1921 [3], Kapel Broederhuis, 1932), Theo Boosten (church Pius X (now demolished), 1961), and C. Franssen & J. Franssen (church Verschijning van de Onbevlekte Maagd, 1926).

The first house were completed in 1916, in 1918 a second project was started, and between 1928-1938 the centre of Molenberg was filled [4].

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] Website Heerlen
  2. ^ [2] website
  3. ^ [3] Broederschool website
  4. ^ [4] Website Heerlen
 
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Coordinates: 50°53′04″N 5°59′44″E / 50.88444, 5.99556

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