Grasbroek

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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.[1] Currently it is being restored, costing around 3,500,000 euros.[2]

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