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Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Hemelopneming

Raamsdonksveer, NL

This church was built after the previous church was irreparably damaged by war violence. The design for the church is by the architect Kees de Bever (Vught, 26 March 1897 - 9 January 1965) a cruciform church in traditionalist style with a tower placed on the side, a semi-circular apse instead of a choir and attached sacristies to the transepts, a central nave with side aisles. Above the main entrance, on the facade a canopy in which the gilded statue of Mary, originating from the tower of the previous church, is included.

Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Hemelopneming

Nieuwkoop, NL

The church replaced a church from 1852. Characteristic example of Roman Catholic church building from the interbellum, designed according to the idea of ​​the Christocentric people's church. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Hemelopneming

Grubbenvorst, NL

Built to replace the Roman Catholic parish church in Grubbenvorst that was destroyed in 1944. Inaugurated in 1952. Characteristic late work in the oeuvre of Maastricht architect Alphons Boosten (1893-1951). Tower completed in 1955.

Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Hemelopneming

Renkum, NL

This church replaced the previous church from 1838. Three-aisled basilica cruciform church without tower, in light expressionist forms. Sober work in the later oeuvre of Joseph Cuypers (1861 - 1949). Due to the lack of a real tower, this beautiful church is not noticeable enough. The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption on the Utrechtseweg is on the list to be closed. When the Cuypersgenootschap Foundation discovered that the church was not a municipal monument, it asked the board to grant the church the municipal monument status.

Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Hemelopneming

Beugen, NL

The old church from 1420 remained fairly constant until the renovation / restoration in 1879 by PJH Cuypers. In 1932 enlarged by architect Van de Leur in Nijmegen, by creating a transept. Also side rooms around the chancel from 1420. Damaged by war in 1944 (the tower was blown up). The same architect Van de Leur restored and enlarged the church in 1954: the nave and the tower were restored in the old style, whereby the width of the side aisles of the nave was doubled.

Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Hemelopneming

Borculo, NL

Temporary church that was in use during the construction of the current church and was demolished after it was put into use.

Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Hemelopneming

De Meern, NL

Simple church with tower. Built to replace the neo-Gothic Roman Catholic church in the hamlet of Oudenrijn (now "de Metaal Kathedraal") that had become too small. Simple version of the expressionist style of Dom Bellot / Delft School. The parish of Our Lady of the Assumption in Oudenrijn / De Meern first used a church on the Rijksstraatweg. Around 1937 plans were made to build a new, larger place of worship, and the Nijmegen architect Hendrik C. van de Leur was commissioned to do so. The church has a robust appearance, largely due to the large tower with an octagonal spire. The tower is in the middle of the front and is Romanesque in shape, with round-arched windows. The church has a basilica nave with lower transepts. The transept on the south side has a lower extension, which houses the sacristy. The end of this extension forms a chapel in the churchyard. Window shape often covered with a herringbone arch, characteristic of Bellot's style.

Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Hemelopneming

Hattemerbroek, NL

Important interbellum church in neo-Gothic forms, with roof turret, in Hattemerbroek. Built next to old demolished church.

Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Hemelopneming

Philippine, NL

Roman Catholic brick dome church with tower and consistory designed in 1952 by Alphons M. Siebers (1893-1978) and Wilhelm M. van Dael (1912-1985). The architectural firm Van Zantbeek en Schoonis from Sas van Gent was responsible for the execution in the years 1953-1954. The church was built in a traditionalist style according to the principles of the Bossche School. It can be seen as Siebers' built argument in his discussion with JAC Tillema in the Katholiek Bouwblad in 1951-1952 about the values ​​of post-war (Catholic) church construction and the relationship between liturgy and architecture. Important artists made high-quality contributions in the form of stone and sculpture, bronze works and paintings. The church was built as a successor to the church that was partly destroyed on 20 September 1944, whereby the building site was moved slightly to the southwest and a row of houses was demolished for the sake of a better urban and visual connection to the Market. The painted Stations of the Cross from 1938 by the Ghent artist Alberic Ysabie - on which parishioners were also depicted - were taken from the predecessor. The church is known as the Holy Assumption of Mary.

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