A small museum about the rich textile industry Geldrop once knew.
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St. Vincentiusgebouw
The St. Vincent building is a built in 1899 and is on the National Monument List. A Vincentius Association was a parochial institution named after Saint Vincent Paolo with the task of taking care of the poor. The image on the facade is Saint Elisabeth of Hungary.
The Roman Catholic church was built between 1889 and 1891 to a design by architect Carl Weber. Weber inspired the church at the Minster Church in Roermond. It is a strong neo-Romanesque cruciform church with towers and a large dome. The towers on the front are 71 m high and topped by a spire on four gables. The church has a tubular choir and transepts. Besides the dome are built two towers on both sides. The interior of the church is carried out in different colour bricks. Above the cross is the huge dome that has an internal height of approximately 40 meters. The church is one of Weber's most important work to date and is used by Brigida Parish in Geldrop.
First built in the 14th century, the current castle structure originates for a large part in the 17th century, with further adaptations made around the 1870s. The lovely English gardens were also established during that last large round of restorations. Today, the castle is maintained by a non-profit foundation and the park is also home to a children's farm and vegetable & herb garden. The park and children's farm is open all year, but the castle is only open in summer. In July and August, you can visit Tu-Su from 14:00 to 17:00. Other months, it's only open at those times on Sunday.
Corn mill
Corn mill 't Nupke was built in 1843 on a plot of land called Nupke and is of type round stones belt mill, ie the outside of the mill is of stone and the mill has a raised foot of sand, a so-called belt.
There is a neighbourhood in Geldrop where for whatever reason all the streets are named after characters of J. R. R. Tolkien's books (such as Aragorn or Galadriel - the usual ending "straat" (street) is not used in the names. The only exception is Laan van Tolkien - Tolkien Avenue).