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Sights and landmarks in Simpelveld

30 sights worth seeing in Simpelveld: landmarks, galleries, monuments and viewpoints.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Loreto Monastery, Simpelveld
Photo: Romaine, CC0 (licence)

Sights and landmarks in Simpelveld

  1. SeeLocal museum

    Loreto Monastery

    Museum de Schat van Simpelveld

    A few nuns still remain in this monastery, right in the middle of the town. Clara Fey, who founded the congregation of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus, is buried in the chapel. When the German congregation had to flee Aachen due to the kulturkampf in the late 19th century, Simpelveld became the world headquarters. Several of the buildings are listed rijksmonuments. As of September 2020, the building houses a museum, Museum de Schat van Simpelveld, showcasing monastic life.

  2. See

    Remigiuskerk

    The Neo-Romanesque church was built in the 1920s but it is the church interior that is of significant historic value and therefore listed as a national heritage site. It's usually open, just don't go sight-seeing when a mass is in progress as it will not be appreciated.

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    Huize Damiaan

    This former monastery was founded in 1892 by followers of the canonized Belgian father Damian. Nowadays, it is a conference centre with some 49 rooms for group accommodation and individual travellers.

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    Replica of the Sarcophagus of Simpelveld

    The real sarcophagus is part of the collection of The Dutch National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, but a really good replica can be found at the city hall.

    Office hours

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    Hellingbos

    Just behind the city hall and the Loreto monastery lies a park called the "Hellingbos". Originally part of the monastery grounds and gardens, it used to hold a cemetery and chapel. Nowadays, the Stations of the Cross remain the main sights in the park, which makes a tranquil place to linger or just walk around.

  6. SeeMemorial

    RD Nr 16 Nulpunt mijnen

    Bronzen bout in de kop van de hardstenen pijler.; 217.712 N.A.P. (1955)

  7. SeeMemorial

    Triangulatiepunt Ubachsberg

    Putje in afgebroken bronzen bout in de betonnen pijler; 7.5 m ten N.O. van het scheidingsraster van het terrein van de molen.; 217.069 m N.A.P. (1992)

  8. SeeCastle

    Kasteel De Bongard

    Built 1523

  9. SeeRailway museum

    Miljoenenlijn

    22 Stationstraat

    Wheelchair accessible

  10. SeeCastle

    Kasteel Goedenraad

  11. SeePublic art

    Mariabeeld

  12. SeeCastle

    Hoeve Overhuizen

    Built 1364

  13. SeePublic art

    Heilig Hartbeeld

  14. SeePublic art

    Heilig Hartbeeld

  15. SeeRuins

    Kalkoven Bosrand

  16. SeeRuins

    Kalkoven Sieben

  17. SeeArt gallery

    Fantasi

    Paumstraat 4

  18. SeeHistory museum

    Traditiekamer Oud Mariniers Mijnstreek e.o.

    Wilhelminastraat 19

  19. SeeLibrary

    Bibliotheek Bocholtz

    1 Biesweg

  20. SeeLibrary

    Bibliotheek Servicepunt Simpelveld

    98b Scheelenstraat

  21. SeeMemorial

    Gedenkkruis

    Gedenkkruis evacuatie van Kerkrade (1944)

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    Oorlogsmonument

  23. SeeMemorial

    Berlijnse Muur

  24. SeePublic art

    D'r Kloon va Bóches

  25. SeePublic art

    De Poort

  26. SeePublic art

    De Ritterbecher

  27. SeeMemorial

    Gedenkteken Spoorwegongeluk

  28. SeeViewpoint

    Hulsveld

  29. SeePublic art

    Rock

  30. SeeMemorial

    Verzetsmonument Bocholtz

    Verzetsmonument Bocholtz 'Sjeng en Joep'

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Simpelveld (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Place data from Overture Maps.