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In 1918 an emergency church was established, and a permanent church could only be built after the Second World War . It was consecrated in 1954 and the architect was A. Schwenke .

Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Heart, BECAUSE of the single-manual organ with 10 registers, made in 1830 by the Gebr. Schauten from Jüchen, Germany) for the St. Peter's Church in Gulpen, placed in Heerlen-Schandelen in 1928. Restored in 1968 by the company DA Flentrop (Zaandam).

Neo-Gothic church, further details to be checked.

The first pile was driven on 21 January 1910 and nine months later the church was ready. At first the church stood alone between the meadows, but soon after the opening other houses, shops and a café were added. This created the heart of the current village. On 22 November 1910 the church was consecrated by Dean Ebbinkhuizen. The consecration by Bishop Callier took place on 1 May 1911.

Characteristic work from the oeuvre of Hendrik W. Valk (1886-1973) from 's Hertogenbosch, designed according to the so-called Christocentric design (priest's chancel at the intersection of nave and transept). The wide, brick-vaulted nave is flanked by two side aisles; against the tower two transepts. The interior is entirely built of beautiful brickwork. Characteristic are the sculpted apostle heads by Jozef Cantré (1890-1957) and the painted Stations of the Cross by Lodewijk Schelfhout (1881-1943). The stained glass windows are by Joep Nicolas (1897-1972). The robust, relatively low tower body is crowned by an imposing spire.

With elements of Neo-Romanesque in 1931 to a design by the architects Caspar and Jos. Franssen from Roermond built church in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The church is situated in a small park. In front of the church is a Sacred Heart statue from around 1935 in artificial stone on a plinth of Kunradersteen. Around the Sacred Heart statue is a natural stone wall with columns with iron bars in between. At the rear of the church on the altar side is a Lourdes grotto also from around 1935 (1940 according to the year at the grotto) built from so-called hard mine stone with an altar table, a pulpit and a niche with a statue of Mary.

Roman Catholic church of the Holy Heart, consecrated in 1885, WVA Tepe. Neo-Gothic cruciform basilica with three-sided closed transept arms and buttress arches. Tower with perpendicular buttresses and three niches with brick traceries in each section. Internal cross-ribbed vaults and star vaults over the crossing and choir. Organ with two keyboards and attached pedal. Made in 1835 by HD Lindsen in Utrecht, restored in 1985 by the Verschueren company in Heythuysen. Electric tower clock with normal striking mechanism, ± 1934.

Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, 1929-1930, in a Business Expressionist architectural style. Built by order of the Roman Catholic Church Board of the Sacred Heart in Overhoven, based on a design by architect Jos. Wielders in Sittard. Situated in the linear development on the east side of the Geldersestraat, on the south side of the rectorate house and monastery. On the northwest side of the church, as part of the brick property boundary, there is a SACRED HEART STATUE on a brick plinth with the inscription "Feast of the Sacred Heart, 1943". There is a connecting corridor between the sacristy and the rectorate house and monastery. The extension on the east side of this connecting corridor, as well as the renovated entrance to the day chapel with the round brick retaining wall on the southwest side, are EXCLUDED from protection.

Emergency church during restoration of war damage to the large Sacred Heart Church. Demolished.

The population continued to expand and the emergency church became too small. In 1935-'36 the current church was built of brick. The design is in the expressionist style of J. Cuypers and P. Cuypers jr. More information about the architecture can be found at the Stichting Wetenschapsinstituut Glasschilderkunst 20e eeuw. The clock was made by the Eysbouts company in Asten in 1936. In that same year the church was blessed by dean Souren and the new church could be put into use. Finally in 1937 the rectory was elevated to an independent parish. The bishop of Roermond appointed rector Schippers as the first pastor of the parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.