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Around 1240, civil servant Bartholomeus van der Made took the initiative to expand the church with two aisles and a choir. But when Count Willem II granted the bustling town of Delft city rights in 1246, that was considered the official 'birth year' of the Oude Kerk. At that time, the church was still named after Saint Bartholomew, the patron saint of the founder. In the centuries that followed, the place of worship developed into an impressive Gothic basilica. But the Oude Kerk still exudes something of the atmosphere of the Middle Ages.

The Reformed Old Church was formerly dedicated to Saint Adrian. The church consists of a tower in late Romanesque forms from the mid-13th century that was heightened in the 15th century, crowned by wrought ornament with coats of arms, and a mid-15th-century choir. Internal wooden barrel vaults. In the nave wall a false triforium. Late Gothic choir screen, pulpit in Renaissance forms. In the choir a grave monument. It was estored in 1933-1935. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

The Oude Kerk, started in the 13th century, is the oldest existing building in Amsterdam. Until the Alteratie (1578) the church was Roman Catholic and was called the St. Nicholas Church. Since 2016, the Oude Kerk has been a museum for contemporary art.

In 1631, the city of Amsterdam gave permission to build a new church building on the site of the seven buildings. The church was put into use in 1633. The church is built on an irregular ground plan. The interior is rectangular in shape, surrounded by galleries that rest on Ionic and Tuscan columns . Doric columns support the roof structure. The pulpit dates from 1640.

The oldest mention of the parish in Eibergen dates from 1246. The parish was a daughter parish of Groenlo. The old St. Matthew's Church in Eibergen (now part of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands) dates largely from the second half of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century with some fourteenth-century fragments (lower part of the tower). The parish of Eibergen traditionally belonged to the Bishopric of Münster. In 1561, when the new Bishoprics were founded in the Netherlands, Eibergen became part of the Bishopric of Deventer; in reality, however, the Bishop of Münster continued to exercise his jurisdiction over Eibergen until 19 March 1823. Towards the end of the sixteenth century and in the beginning of the seventeenth century, Protestantism was introduced. In 1616, the old St. Matthew's Church was transferred to the Protestants. The parish of Eibergen almost entirely converted to the new doctrine. The remaining Catholics then went to church in Groenlo. In 1627, however, the city was conquered by Frederik Hendrik and this became impossible. In the period thereafter, they became dependent on the Friars Minor Conventual Fathers for their pastoral care, who worked from Bocholt. When this also became practically impossible, the Catholics from Eiberg went to the Münster area, where the above-mentioned fathers had settled in Zwillbrock in 1651 (1651). The St. Matthew's Church was only used by the Catholics for a short period (1672-1674) when Bernhard van Galen, Bishop of Münster, occupied the region. For years, the Catholics went to church in Zwillbrock. When the ideals of the French Revolution became common, the Catholics were given more freedom.

The soil in this region contains many iron-bearing stones or primeval stones. Around 1100, the Hof Silvolde was built from these primeval stones, which was probably converted into a parish church dedicated to Saint Mauritius around 1240. The tower and choir, provided with very heavy masonry, date from around 1425. The tower was built more than two metres away from the old nave, after which the intermediate section was added to the nave. The original building of brown primeval stones can still be clearly seen in the masonry of the walls of the nave. A last major change dates from the year 1748 when the spire was replaced by a Tuscan dome. Major restorations took place between 1949 and 1976.

Historic village church with tower. Also Oude Kerk, rebuilt in 1953. In the Catholic era, the Oude Kerk was called: St. Andreaskerk. That was a reference to the patron saint of fishermen: St. Andreas. What was it called after the reformation? No one knows for sure. What is known is that after the construction of a new church in Katwijk, the church building by the sea went through a very tumultuous period for a while. At the last minute, it was saved from the wrecking ball and was used as a shipowner's shed, so that some of the Katwijk fishermen fished for the church. Only it was a church building that was no longer a church...

Historic church with tower. Roman Catholic until 1601, then Reformed. The Old Church of Delden, originally dedicated to St. Blasius, is owned by the Dutch Reformed Church. The oldest undisputed mention of the church dates from 1118. Remains of the Romanesque church can be found in the pillars between the three naves. A Romanesque window is still present in the north nave. Above the entrance to the south choir, a stone can be found with the year 1484 and on the arch between the nave and the tower, the year 1538. A fragment of the altar remains in the choir, which was probably destroyed during the iconoclasm. An important epitaph of the Froeg Renaissance can be found against the north wall of the north choir closure, and the epitaph of Johan van Raesfelt tot Twickelo (+/- 1604) can be found in the south choir closure. These visible signs clearly indicate the connection between Twickel Castle and its residents with Delden and this church. Along the walls are several gentlemen's pews from the Renaissance. Frescoes were added to the vaults during the 15th century. The organ dates from 1847 and was made by CFA Naber from Deventer. A devil's grille at the Market marks the former closure of the church grounds. After the Samen op Weg trajectory, the Reformed Church of Delden and the Dutch Reformed Church of Delden formally merged into the Protestant Church of Delden in 2005 and the Oude Blasius is the church building for the community.

Beautiful large historic village church with robust tower in Noordwijk-Binnen. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

The history of the old Salvius church goes back to the end of the tenth century or the beginning of the eleventh century. The north wall of Maas stones remains of the small hall church that was built at that time. In the 15th century, the original hall church was expanded with the current south aisle in Gothic style. Marl was used for this south aisle. The tower, which stands in front of the south aisle, is older and dates from around 1458. The 13th-century choir in late Romanesque style connects to the north aisle and still has the original roof construction.