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Grasbroek
Sign in to savethumb|Map of the municipality Heerlen, showing the neighbourhood Grasbroek in red, which is part of the quarter Schandelen-Grasbroek in light red. thumb|Typical house of the neighbourhood at Grasbroek 5–7, marked as national monument number 21223 Grasbroek is a neighbourhood and former mining colony in the municipality Heerlen, Netherlands. The neighbourhood was built to serve the mine Oranje-Nassau I.
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thumb|Map of the municipality Heerlen, showing the neighbourhood Grasbroek in red, which is part of the quarter Schandelen-Grasbroek in light red. thumb|Typical house of the neighbourhood at Grasbroek 5–7, marked as national monument number 21223 Grasbroek is a neighbourhood and former mining colony in the municipality Heerlen, Netherlands. The neighbourhood was built to serve the mine Oranje-Nassau I.
Grasbroek houses the Patronaatsgebouw (Jos Wielders (1883–1949)), build in 1920 it is one of the earliest examples of Amsterdam School outside Amsterdam. Besides being in a state of disrepair all almost all original elements remain. Currently it is being restored, costing around 3,500,000 euros.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grasbroek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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