Skip to main content

Menu

Hoofdnavigatie

What to do
What you need to know
Where to stay
My trip

nl
fr
de
en

Like

Schachtbokken

Culture and heritage
Houthalen-Helchteren colliery

Like

List

Share with

Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Email
Copy link

Location

Pastorijstraat zn, 3530 HOUTHALEN-HELCHTEREN

You might also like

Cultuurcentrum Casino - Cultuurcentrum Casino

Cultuurcentrum Casino

Sint-Servaaskerk - kerk

Sint-Servaaskerk

Sint-Lambertuskerk, 's-Gravenvoeren - kerkplein 's-Gravenvoeren

Sint-Lambertuskerk, 's-Gravenvoeren

Keizerszaal - keizerszaal 2

Emperor’s Hall

Abbot Quarters

Enter the gate in the Diesterstraat and cross the courtyard. On your left are the 18th Century Abbot Quarters. The Emperor’s Hall was the Abbot’s reception room. The ceiling paintings are by the Italian master G.A. Caldelli and refer to abbot Jozef van Herck. The communal archives are now situated on the first floor.

Open from April 1 till October 31, only during the weekends from 02:00 PM till 05:00 PM. Closed from November 1 till March 31.

Beeldentuin Staf Timmers - Beeldentuin Staf Timmers

Beeldentuin Staf Timmers

In addition to being a painter and sculptor, Staf Timmers is also a passionate gardener who has made his garden into a work of art.

There you will walk from one surprise to another, full of idyllic corners, with first a park with tall trees, to then be immersed in a maze of art and nature. It is not just a sculpture park, but a garden in which every sculpture has its own place. Art and nature form an expressive and organic whole there.

You can also walk into his workshop and see how an idea grows from a design in putty to a monumental bronze work of art, and how a simple sketch inspires the creation of a fully expressive painting.

Politie- en Motormuseum - Politie- en motormuseum

Politie- en Motormuseum

In the museum you will find a collection of over 40 year-old police and gendarme uniforms and everything associated with them. You will also find old motorbikes here. There is no lack of legendary Belgian brands such as Gillet, FN and Sarolea. But rare makes such as a French Terrot and a Hungarian Danuvia are also proudly on display. Most of them date from the first half of the previous century.

Naturally there is a lot more to discover in Pierre Thijs's museum. If you would like to arrange a visit, this is always possible on request.

Kruisherenkerk Maaseik - Kruisherenkerk gevel

Kruisheren church

The restored Kruisheren church was built in 1767 and is the only church in Limburg to have a Rococo interior.
Tours led by official guides every Sunday between 15.00 and 17.30 May to September.
Mass: Saturday 18.00 and Sunday 8.00 and 10.30.

Keijersmolen - Keijersmolen

Keijersmolen

Glasatelier Het GlazenHuis - Glasoven

Glasatelier Het GlazenHuis

Het Greven en het waterproductiecentrum in Eisden - Waterproductiecentrum

Het Greven en het waterproductiecentrum in Eisden

Guided walk through the nature reserve het Gan and a visit to the water production centre branch of the Water group. Accompanied by a guide, specially trained for this area, visits the walkers the sunken village, caused by the mine subsidence. My prolapse everywhere for in my area, but E-Village is the only location in the county where the impact of the mine subsidence are clearly visible. After a trip through the canopies of the trees, one sinks off in nature reserve het Gan where there by the mine subsidence different water sources have come to the surface. The Water group processes this spring water from a drinkable product. The process of source to drinking water is visited in the buildings of the Water group.

Museum De Kolonie - Pijlpunten van jagers-verzamelaars op het einde van de laatste ijstijd.

Museum De Kolonie

Trudopas - Trudopas

Trudopas

Molen Nieuw Leven - Molen Nieuw leven

Molen Nieuw Leven

Mill "new life" is a half open standard mill dating from 1801 who belonged to the domain property of the family Vilain XIIII. In 1920, the mill property of the coal mine E and still later the mill was purchased by the municipality of Maasmechelen. She was already in 1945 as a monument protected and belonged to the oldest windmill type. The mill was thoroughly restored In 1995. Miller Albert Venn keeps the mill running.

Windmolen van Kaulille - windmolen

Windmolen van Kaulille

Herdenkingspark - Monumentenpark

Herdenkingspark

Elektrische draad - Waarschuwingsbord bij elektrische draad

Elektrische draad

Onze Lieve Vrouw Geboortekerk Ham - Onze Lieve Vrouw Geboortekerk

Onze Lieve Vrouw Geboortekerk Ham

Kleen Meulen - Kleen Meulen

Kleen Meulen

Stadsmuseum Bree - StadsMuseum

Stadsmuseum Bree

Sint-Genovevakerk Zepperen - Sint-GenovevaKerk Zepperen

Sint-Genovevakerk Zepperen

The church has a notable 12th century tower,
as well as some remarkable 16th century
murals.

Torenverplaatsingsmuseum - Torenverplaatsingsmuseum

Torenverplaatsingsmuseum

Bibliotheek met digitale taaltafel Tesi Samanunga - Bibliotheek Bilzen

Bibliotheek met digitale taaltafel Tesi Samanunga

Sint-Aldegondiskerk - St.Aldegondiskerk

Sint-Aldegondiskerk

De schatkamer van Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk - De schatkamer van de OLV kerk

De schatkamer van Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk

Our Lady’s church and treasury
The church treasury vault exhibits unique
ecclesiastical items from the abbey’s heritage as
well as from the church’s own collection. These
include shrines and reliquaries, altar vessels,
liturgical vestments etc.

Château de la Motte

Moated complex in a tree-filled park. Now a 19th century castle in an eclectic
style. The castle farm has been rebuilt in neogothic style.

Heilig Grafkapel - Riemst - Heilig grafkapel

Heilig Grafkapel - Riemst

Holsteen - prehistorische polijststeen - Holsteen

Holsteen - prehistorische polijststeen

Eisden Tuinwijk en het mijnverleden - Eisden Tuinwijk

Eisden Tuinwijk en het mijnverleden

Discover the Garden District and my Eisdense monuments. Who goes in search of the Eisdense my past discovered as racy as different tracks. As exclamation marks she straightened up in a story that remained after the mine closure, when the total demolition of the my heritage had already been concluded, threatened to be wiped out. A mijnsité who with her facades the architectural culmination of the residential areas: the old cités. Four restored and reused my buildings, a directors-and then in a miner's cottage, which statues, each for its own period in the Visual Arts and a castle ... an offer that, against his background, not uniform however can be more varied.

Sint-Heribertuskerk Remersdaal - kerk Remersdaal

Sint-Heribertuskerk Remersdaal

The landscape in the eastern part of the Voer region shows all the characteristics of the ”Land van Herve”: scattered farmhouses, meadows, hawthorn hedges and fruit orchards.
Apart from the neogothic St Heribertus church from 1897 some remnants and the farm belonging to the castle ”Het Hoes” may be seen. The much better preserved castle of Obsinnich, from the 17th century, is to be found some kilometres away from the village centre next to the railway line. It is now in use as a Youth Hostel.
When passing the borough boundary on the way to Sippenaken – where the splendid castle of Beusdaal may be admired – a curious monument is passed. It was raised in the memory of the victims of the electrical wire which separated Belgium and the Netherlands in World War I (the Great War)

Hoevenzavellaan - Hevezavellaan Zwartberg

Hoevenzavellaan

Under the influence of the mines Hoevenzavellaan became an important commercial street in Genk and a multiculinary working-class street in Zwartberg. Thanks to its tapestry of diverse cultures, it boasts a wealth of multicultural food shops selling herbs and spices, tapas, fresh pasta and heavenly wines... They include a large number of Greek outlets, so if you come shopping in Hoevenzavellaan you are guaranteed a taste of the sun on your plate! Anyone for a souvlaki?

Mijnwerkerswoningen (mijnverleden) - Bremstraat

Mijnwerkerswoningen (mijnverleden)

Oud Kerkhof - Oud Kerkhof

Oud Kerkhof

Nieuw Administratief Centrum (NAC) - NAC

NAC (New Administration Center)

In Houthalen-Helchteren the past goes hand in hand with the future. As symbols of two major periods, they stand out over our community: the pit heads and the New Administrative Centre (NAC), which has even made it onto the list of ‘100 places in the world that you just have to see’.

This futuristic and at the same time sober, ecological and extremely functional building is located on the old mining site and houses among others the municipal services, the OCMW (Social Service Department), the library, VVV-Toerisme and the police. The observation point on the roof of the building's blue tower, an artistic spot with an extensive view over this community and the region, is called ‘het Oog van Daubechies’ ('the eye of Daubechies').

This tower is named after a resident of Houthalen-Helchteren: Ingrid Daubechies. In the stairway enclosure you will find more information on her brilliant and famed mathematical formulas.

Greenville, cleantech dienstencentrum - Voorgevel Greenville

Greenville, cleantech dienstencentrum

Phalanstère of vrijgezellenwoning - Vrijgezellenwoning (nu Houthalen Diyanet Onderwijsinstelling)

Phalanstère of vrijgezellenwoning

TiKB/mijnschool - 1

TiKB/mijnschool

Hoofdingenieurswoningen - Ingeneurswoning

Hoofdingenieurswoningen

Mijnmonument Schachtbokwiel - 1

Mijnmonument Schachtbokwiel

Meulenberg - Meulenberg Accacialaan

Meulenberg

Directeurswoning - Directeurswoning

Directeurswoning

Do you want more inspiration? Contact us and we will help you.

Follow us

Facebook
Instagram

Over ons

Over Visit Limburg
Zakentoerisme - BLCB
Privacyverklaring
Jobs