Bekkerveld

Bekkerveld is a neighborhood in Heerlen, South Limburg, Limburg. Bekkerveld is situated nearby to the neighborhood Aarveld, as well as near De Erk.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Anne Church and Bernardinuscollege.

Bernardinuscollege is a school in Heerlen, the Netherlands. The school was founded by Franciscan friars in 1903 as a monastery, that was later converted to a Hogere Burgerschool, because of the need for education in the wake of the blooming mining industry.

Oliemolen

Watermill

Photo: Timo Beil, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Oliemolen is a 16th-century watermill located at the foot of a steep hill in the Aambos, Heerlen in the Netherlands. The name already tells us much about its function, extracting oil, but this was not always the case as it first functioned as a volmolen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Onderste Caumer and Molenberg.

Onderste Caumer

Hamlet

Photo: Romaine, CC0.

Onderste Caumer is a hamlet.

Molenberg

Quarter

Molenberg is a former mining colony in the south-western part of Heerlen, southeastern Netherlands. When work started in 1913 it was called Molenbergpark.