Molenberg

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Land house attorney Wijnands (Frits Peutz, 1919), at the bottom of the Molenberglaan Huize Wijnands.JPG
Land house attorney Wijnands (Frits Peutz, 1919), at the bottom of the Molenberglaan

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

Heerlen City and Municipality in Limburg, Netherlands

Heerlen is a city and a municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is the third largest settlement proper in the province of Limburg. Measured as municipality, it is the fourth municipality in the province of Limburg.

Netherlands Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe

The Netherlands, sometimes informally called Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with some overseas territories in the Caribbean. In Europe, it consists of 12 provinces that border Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with those countries and the United Kingdom. Together with three island territories in the Caribbean Sea—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba—it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official language is Dutch, but a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian. In the northern parts of the country, Low German is also spoken.

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/were 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). Also it contains Naboo from Star Wars.

Jan Stuyt was a Dutch architect.

F.P.J. Peutz was a Dutch (Limburgian) architect.

The first house were completed in 1916, in 1918 a second project was started, and between 1928-1938 the centre of Molenberg was filled. [1]

In 1951 the construction of another part was started, called the "Witte Wijk", [4] designed by Jos Klijnen.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-05-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Website Heerlen
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  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-04-20. Retrieved 2006-05-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Broederschool website
  4. Witte Wijk website

Coordinates: 50°53′04″N5°59′44″E / 50.88444°N 5.99556°E / 50.88444; 5.99556