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Map of the municipality Heerlen, showing the neighbourhood Grasbroek in red, which is part of the quarter Schandelen-Grasbroek in light red.
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.

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  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-05. Retrieved 2006-06-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) website
  2. "Het Patronaat". Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2006-06-01. website
Populated places in the municipality of Heerlen
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List of cities, towns and villages in Limburg (Netherlands)

50°53′49″N 5°58′33″E / 50.897050°N 5.975844°E / 50.897050; 5.975844


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