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Schalkhoven, with its 300 inhabits making it the smallest borough of Hoeselt, can be proud of its 16th century water castle that was rebuilt in 1770 with an accompanying castle farmhouse. One of the chatelains, knight Camille de Borman had excavations done on the grounds near the castle which uncovered a Roman villa and burial ground.

Originally Schalkhoven had a church that was situated across the entrance of the castle of Schalkhoven. In 1927, the current Saint Brixius church was built about a hundred meters northward. Of the old church site only the cemetery remains where the age-old tombstones of the consecutive chatelains lie.

The new church in neogothic style was given a ship of four bays with a built-in western tower, a transept of one bay, a choir with a straight bay and a three-sided lock and a sacristy on the southern side of the choir. It is a brick building with alternating stone bands of yellow natural stone and a decorative rock plinth.

The interior walls were plastered with fake brick columns. In this decor, you will find amongst others a painting called “The flight of Egypt”, a copy of Gaspar de Crayer (17th century). Furthermore, you can find two statues of saints in polychromated wood: a statue of Our Lady with Child (late 15th century) and a Saint Brixius (around 1700). The simple pulpit and the confessional in oak are late 18th century.