Editing Oirschot (section)

== Sights ==
There are more than 300 monuments in the municipality Oirschot.

Some of the historic buildings in the town of Oirschot are:
* The Roman Catholic Church named Sint-Petrus’-Bandenkerk. This 15th and 16th century Gothic church is the biggest building in the town, and has a 73 meter tower
* The old town hall built in 1513 in the town centre
* Maria-church (Maria-kerk).  A 12th-century Romanesque church in the town centre
* Monastery Nazareth (Klooster Nazareth) with a chapel in Neo-Romanesque style (1910)
* Former Brewery De Kroon (Brouwerij de Kroon) built in 1773
* Hof van Solms, palace of Arnoldus Feij (or Arnold Fey)
* The Big Chair (De Grote Stoel) the biggest chair of Europe
* Huize Groenenberg, a house built in 1613

Monuments outside the town include:
* Chapel of the Holy Oak (Kapel van de Heilige Eik), stone chapel dated 1854 built on the foundations of a stone chapel of 1606 (there was another stone chapel and a wooden chapel on the same location before the one of 1606). The chapel of 1606 was demolished by order of the States General in 1649 (Catholicism could not be practiced openly)
* The Old Tower (Oude Toren) of Oostelbeers, a church tower of the 14th century in a patch of forest surrounded by fields
* The Old Church of Middelbeers (Het Oude Kerkje – Oude Sint-Willibrorduskerk) – intact gothic rural church (15th century) typical for the region
* Maria Chapel (Mariakapel) of Westelbeers – chapel dating to 1637; it is unknown why this chapel was not demolished during the 1640s or 1650s like most other Catholic chapels in the region