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Simple hall church with saddle roof.

Simple, small hall church without a tower.

Hall church without tower.

The Oud Gereformeerde Gemeente in Nederland (Old Reformed Church in the Netherlands) is a newly constructed church building erected in 2016 to replace the former ‘Witte Kerkje’.

Architecturally interesting modern church without tower. Extension in 2005.

The origins of the congregation lie in 1838, when a Christian separated congregation was instituted. Via the Reformed Churches under the Cross (1846) and the Christian Reformed Church (1869), it became a free congregation in 1883 with the name Independent Christian Congregation. In 1922, it joined the Federation of Old Reformed Congregations. Eleven years later, in 1933, the congregation joined the Reformed Congregations. A minority remained with Rev. J. van Wier as a free congregation. In 1946, it joined the federation again, which merged with the Old Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands in 1948.

On site of old church. With new extension. The old church was demolished after this new construction.

Built to replace a building destroyed by storm damage. Decommissioned in 1930. Replaced by new church building.

The Oude Helenakerk (Old Helen's Church) is a church building from the 15th century (although the tower dates from the 12th century). It has a beautiful vault and wall paintings from the 14th century. The pulpit dates from 1784.

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.