Monseigneur Schrijnen Retreat House
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The Monseigneur Schrijnen Retreat House was designed by the famed architect Frits Peutz
(best known for the Glaspaleis
) in 1932, and named after the 18th bishop of Roermond Laurentius Josephus Antonius Hubertus Schrijnen (Venlo
30 July 1861 - Roermond
26 March 1932). It is located at the top of one of the steepest hills in Heerlen
next to the Molenberg
and surrounded by the Aambos (a forest). It is one of the biggest buildings designed by Peutz.
Frits Peutz
F.P.J. Peutz was a Dutch architect.Peutz was born in a Catholic family in Uithuizen in Groningen, a mostly Protestant province in the north of the Netherlands. In 1910 he was sent to the Rolduc boarding school in Kerkrade in the Catholic province of Limburg for his higher education. In 1914 he...
(best known for the Glaspaleis
Glaspaleis
The Glaspaleis is a modernist building in Heerlen, Netherlands, built in 1935. Formerly a fashion house and department store, Schunck, it is now the cultural centre of the city...
) in 1932, and named after the 18th bishop of Roermond Laurentius Josephus Antonius Hubertus Schrijnen (Venlo
Venlo
Venlo is a municipality and a city in the southeastern Netherlands, next to the German border. It is situated in the province of Limburg.In 2001, the municipalities of Belfeld and Tegelen were merged into the municipality of Venlo. Tegelen was originally part of the Duchy of Jülich centuries ago,...
30 July 1861 - Roermond
Roermond
Roermond is a city, a municipality, and a diocese in the southeastern part of the Netherlands.The city of Roermond is a historically important town, on the lower Roer at the east bank of the Meuse river. It received city rights in 1231...
26 March 1932). It is located at the top of one of the steepest hills in Heerlen
Heerlen
Heerlen is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the province of Limburg. It forms part of Parkstad Limburg, , an agglomeration of about 220,000 inhabitants.After its early Roman beginnings and a rather modest medieval period, Heerlen...
next to the Molenberg
Molenberg
Molenberg is a former mining colony in the south-western part of Heerlen, southeastern Netherlands.When work started in 1913 it was called Molenbergpark ....
and surrounded by the Aambos (a forest). It is one of the biggest buildings designed by Peutz.
Uses
- 1933-1961 Retreat House for girls
- 1961-1966 Philosophicum
- 1966-1999 First Hogeschool voor Theologie en Pastoraat (Highschool for theology and Pastorate) and later Universiteit voor Theologie en Pastoraat (University for theology and Pastorate).
- 1999 – now home to AGS Architekten & Planners, the successor of the Peutz office