Eygelshoven

Eygelshoven Egelze
Village
Coat of arms of Eygelshoven Coat of arms
Location in the municipality of Kerkrade Location in the municipality of Kerkrade
Coordinates:
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Municipality	Kerkrade
Population (2005)	8.400

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 coal mines, Laura and Julia, which were named after the wives of the two owners. Both pits closed in 1974. The local soccer club is also named after the former coal mines.

Eygelshoven has a small former church from the sixteenth century, which stands on top of a hill. In 1922, another church was built. Architect Alphons Boosten designed the new church. Plans to demolish the old church were abandoned in favour of a new use as a chapel and because of its historical worth.

A third Roman 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.

• Eygelshoven, HH Johannes de Doperkerk foto10 2011-09-27 13.51.JPG

  Eygelshoven, church: het Kleine Kerkje

• Eygelshoven, kerk2 foto10 2011-09-27 14.00.JPG

  Eygelshoven, church

Transportation

• Eygelshoven railway station
• Eygelshoven Markt railway station

See also

• List of mayors of Eygelshoven

External links

• Startpagina voor Eygelshoven
• J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Eygelshoven". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.