Bossche School

The Bossche School was a traditionalist movement in Dutch architecture which was strongly based on numerical relationships.

Now, when new churches are built, to the extent that they still are, specialist architects are not necessarily required, and increasingly functional architecture is preferred.

A good illustration of the principles of the School is provided by St. Benedictusberg Abbey near Vaals, where Hans van der Laan was responsible for the construction of the church, a crypt and atrium.

At Heusden, the town hall, which was destroyed in World War II by the occupying Germans, was rebuilt according to the principles of the Bossche School, although not necessarily to the general liking of the locals.

[citation needed] At Odiliapeel the "Kruisvindingskerk" ("Church of the Discovery of the Cross") by the architect Jan de Jong (1959) has been declared a locally protected monument by the municipality of Uden.