Former Reformed Orphanage

The Protestant Orphanage was founded in 1639 by the first Reverend of Maastricht Philip Ludovicus, five years after the conquest of Maastricht by Prince Frederik Hendrik. The orphanage was still housed in the former Franciscan monastery in St. Pieterstraat. In 1690 a new orphanage was founded near the Lenculenpoort: two detached buildings from the mid-17th century, were connected by an intermediate construction. The entire complex is built in the...

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Sint-Janskerk

The St. John's Church was in the Middle Ages one of the four parish churches of Maastricht. The church takes its name from John the Baptist and was ± 1200 founded by the chapter of Saint Servatius to be the parish church of Saint Servatius parish, making the St. Servatius solely as a collegiate church and pilgrimage church. The St. John's Church was first mentioned in 1218. The present church dates from the 14th and early 15th century. In 1414 the...

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Water gate in city wall

Duke Hendrik 1 of Brabant, ruler who lived in Leuven, Belgium, granted Maastricht the right to build a city wall. The wall was about 2500 meter long. Large parts of this wall can still be seen in the center of Maastricht. Before the city wall was realized, Maastricht was protected by an earth rampart surrounded by a moat. There was an increasing need by the civilian population to protect the city better against enemy armies. The urban sector outside...

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Jeker

The Jeker is a river in Belgium and in the Netherlands. It is a leftbank tributary to the river Meuse.The source of the Jeker is situated near the village of Geer in the Belgian province of Liège.The river is about 54 kilometers long, of which 50 kilometers in Belgium (provinces of Liège and Limburg), and 4 km in the Netherlands (province of Limburg), where it flows into the river Meuse at Maastricht (Netherlands).Places through which the Jeker passes...

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Ezelke (1976)

For more than 10 years, former alderman Gijbels had the idea to decorate the Ezelenmarkt with an appropriate image. In 1973 it was commissioned to the sculptor Gertrud Januszewski. Ms Januszewski, born in Berlin and via Venlo and Sittard arrived in Maastricht, studied at the Jan van Eyck Academy in graphics with Prof. Levigne and sculpture by Prof. Carosso. She graduated in 1970 and acquired thereby the price of Maastricht. In late July 1976, the...

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Madonna with child (1942)

Joseph Hendrik (Sjef) Eijmael (Valkenburg aan de Geul, 18 april 1921 - Maastricht, 14 oktober 2007) was a Dutch sculptor.Eijmael was a son of sculptor Josef Hendrik Eijmael (1894-1968) and Catharina Maria Elisabeth van Grootel. He was educated at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht, with Charles Vos. Just 18 years old, he designed a Holy Heart statue for Hoensbroek, which was sculpted by his father. He continued his studies under Jan Bronner at...

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Lang Grachtje, Maastricht

Duke Hendrik 1 of Brabant, ruler who lived in Leuven, Belgium, granted Maastricht the right to build a city wall. The wall was about 2500 meter long. Large parts of this wall can still be seen in the center of Maastricht. Before the city wall was realized, Maastricht was protected by an earth rampart surrounded by a moat. There was an increasing need by the civilian population to protect the city better against enemy armies. The urban sector outside...

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Christ as the Good Shepherd (1948)

Sculptor Charles Vos created in 1948 an image of Christ as the Good Shepherd. It was placed above the entrance of the chapel in the community center in the Plankstraat 7. In the second half of 1961 the community center was moved to the Grote Looiersstraat 12, the image moved along and was placed on the facade. After closing the community center (6 September 1969) the city of Maastricht sold the property to a brother of former Prime Minister Ruud...

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Grote Looiersstraat, Maastricht

The construction of the second medieval city wall (± 1350) the central part of the Jekerkwartier was annexed to the city. Due to the presence of water (Jeker) many tanners established here. However the Jeker is a rain river, with much rain it floods, with little rain there is almost no water. The discharges of the tanners continued however, making the stench enormously in low water supply. Especially in the summer, the stench could be enormous by...

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Joy of Life (1957)

Wilhelmus Johannes Maria (Willem) Hofhuizen was born in Amsterdam on 27 July 1915 but a few years later his parents moved to Roermond, where Willem spent his childhood at the Kapellerlaan. In 1931 he went to Nijmegen and then to Amsterdam to study at the teachers training college and later at the State Academy for the Visual Arts in Amsterdam, under Jurres and Campendonk. His fellow students at the Academy included Jaap Min, Karel Appel, Corneille...

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St. Hilariusstraat, Maastricht

Jekerkwartier is located in the southern part of the city center of Maastricht is today and also known as the Quartier-Latin of Maastricht.The district takes its name from the river Jeker that flows through the district and mounts into the river Maas. It was originally a low-lying area with a number of branches of Jeker, which became the streets and the blocksof the district.HistoryThe northern part of the district, within the first medieval city...

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Tafelstraat, Maastricht

Jekerkwartier is located in the southern part of the city center of Maastricht is today and also known as the Quartier-Latin of Maastricht.The district takes its name from the river Jeker that flows through the district and mounts into the river Maas. It was originally a low-lying area with a number of branches of Jeker, which became the streets and the blocksof the district.HistoryThe northern part of the district, within the first medieval city...

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Waalse kerk

After the conquest of Maastricht by Frederik Hendrik Maastricht exerted a certain attraction to Walloon supporters of Calvinism, who fled the Catholic Bishopric of Liège. Under the terms of capitulation in 1632 the French Protestants were openly profess their faith in Maastricht and were therefore provided with the Hilariuskapel, a former district chapel of the Parish of Our Lady. After the Betrayal of Maastricht (1638), the Walloon Church (Église...

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Minderbroederskerk

The Franciscans have a checkered history in Maastricht. The oldest existing church was already built at the end of the 13th century, just inside the former city wall. A wing of the 14th- century monastery has been preserved. Around 1470 donated the nobleman Nicolaus van Harlaer at its entrance a statue of Mary, which quickly called Star of the Sea had a great appeal to Mary-worshipers.After Betrayal of Maastricht in 1638, which include the Franciscan...

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Minderbroeders monastry

The Franciscans have a checkered history in Maastricht. The oldest existing church was already built at the end of the 13th century, just inside the former city wall. A wing of the 14th- century monastery has been preserved. Around 1470 donated the nobleman Nicolaus van Harlaer at its entrance a statue of Mary, which quickly called Star of the Sea had a great appeal to Mary-worshipers.After Betrayal of Maastricht in 1638, which include the Franciscan...

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Faliezusterklooster

This small convent was founded in 1350 as the Monastery of St. Catherine, but soon the monastery was named after the clothing of the sisters, who wore a veil or falie their face. After a major fire the monastery was rebuilt between 1647 and 1652 in the style of the Maasland Renaissance. The adjacent monastery church was demolished around 1865.See: wikipe...

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Pesthuys

The Pest Huys was originally a by Mr. Willem Frederik Jacobi, deputy high bailiff at Maastricht in 1775 built paper mill that made use of hydropower. This factory, erected on the remains of an exploded 16th century gunpowder mill and the former city warehouse, originally had two waterwheels. Mid 19th century, after the construction of the canal Maastricht-Liege, the mill came through siltation of Jeker in disuse and in 1876 it was dismantled. The...

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Pater Vincktoren

The Father Vinck Tower is a 14th century tower that was part of the so-called second wall of the city.During the 13th century Maastricht expanded rapidly and there was a need for a new, larger defense network. After an initial earthwork followed a stone wall with gates and towers built during the 14th century.The tower was part of the junction where the first and second walls of Maastricht joined together. During the 19th century, the walls of the...

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Panorama of Faliezusterspark

The Faliezusterpark owes its name to the historic building called Faliezusterklooster. This monastery is named after the black piece of fabric that the sisters carry over their head and shoulders. The monastery was founded in 1674. In the convent the nuns were mainly concerned with the care and nursing of the sick. Over a hundred years later, the monastery was closed. Today, the surrounding park is a place where you can walk or relax under one of...

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Pater Vincktoren

The Father Vinck Tower is a 14th century tower that was part of the so-called second wall of the city.During the 13th century Maastricht expanded rapidly and there was a need for a new, larger defense network. After an initial earthwork followed a stone wall with gates and towers built during the 14th century.The tower was part of the junction where the first and second walls of Maastricht joined together. During the 19th century, the walls of the...

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Hellgate

As a result of gaining city rights, Maastricht also got the right to protect themselves with a city wall. In 1229 the first enclosure, of which the Helpoort was a part. The first wall soon proved too small and they started just west of the Helpoort with the construction of a second wall. Late 14th century, this second wall was completed. Because the course of the river Jeker in time moved to the south, the gate was no longer directly protected by...

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Jeker tower and Hellgate

As a result of gaining city rights, Maastricht also got the right to protect themselves with a city wall. In 1229 the first enclosure, of which the Helpoort was a part. The first wall soon proved too small and they started just west of the Helpoort with the construction of a second wall. Late 14th century, this second wall was completed. Because the course of the river Jeker in time moved to the south, the gate was no longer directly protected by...

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Watermill 'De Ancker' (1775)

The Pest Huys was originally a by Mr. Willem Frederik Jacobi, deputy high bailiff at Maastricht in 1775 built paper mill that made use of hydropower. This factory, erected on the remains of an exploded 16th century gunpowder mill and the former city warehouse, originally had two waterwheels. Mid 19th century, after the construction of the canal Maastricht-Liege, the mill came through siltation of Jeker in disuse and in 1876 it was dismantled. The...

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Bike path to the Bonnefanten Museum

The museum was founded in 1884 as the historical and archaeological museum of the Dutch province of Limburg. The name Bonnefanten Museum is derived from the French 'bons enfants' ('good children'), the popular name of a former convent that housed the museum from 1951 until 1978.In 1995, the museum moved to its present location, a former industrial site named 'Céramique'. The new building was designed by the Italian architect Aldo Rossi. With its...

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Hoge Brug, Maastricht

From 1301 the upper Meuse roughly marked the western border of the Holy Roman Empire with the Kingdom of France, after Count Henry III of Bar had to receive the western part of the County of Bar (Barrois mouvant) as a French fief from the hands of King Philip IV. The border remained stable until the annexation of the Three Bishoprics Metz, Toul and Verdun by King Henry II in 1552 and the occupation of the Duchy of Lorraine by the forces of King Louis...

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Panorama of the Saint Servatius Bridge and the river Maas

The Sint Servaasbrug connects pedestrian traffic from the Binnenstad district of Maastricht on the west bank of the Meuse to the Wyck district on the east bank.The bridge is made of limestone, and in its current configuration it is 160 metres long and 9 metres wide. Its seven arches each span approximately 12 metres, and are supported by seven piers. A separate steel drawbridge with a span of 54.5 metres connects the east end of the bridge to the...

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