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Protestant (Reformed) Church. Simple hall church from 1810 with pointed arch windows and roof turret (tower). In 2009/2010, together with the adjacent Aleida Leurinkhuis, extensively renovated (and refurnished) into a modern Church Center. Single-manual organ, built in 1725 by Diedrich Martens from Vreden. Last restoration in 1991 (by Blank). Mechanical wrought-iron tower clock. A natural stone round dial.

Simple church building with a heavy tower from the 13th century, during a major renovation of the church, bricked up with clinkers. The church has a 17th century pulpit. Oak pulpit from the 17th century. Single manual organ, made in 1861 by W. Hardorff. Mechanical tower clock G. de Looze, Leeuwarden, 1894. Churchyard.

So-called Lodewijkskerkje, one of the dozens built in North Brabant at the beginning of the 19th century, after the historic churches in various places had to be "returned" to the Roman Catholic Church by the Reformed Church.

Built to replace the predecessor of this church, which was demolished in 1939. There is a whale on the tower of the church. This whale is a reminder of whaling, which was an important source of income for the village in earlier centuries. The bell from 1388 - elsewhere incorrectly mentioned as originating from Krimpen aan den IJssel - was damaged in 1940 and could no longer ring. The municipal authorities wanted to melt down the bell, but historians put a stop to that. The bell ended up in the Gouda museum, the Catharina Gasthuis. It has since been decided that the bell will return to Krimpen. The current bell was made in 1962 by Van Bergen in Heiligerlee.

Reformed Church. Single-nave building, 15th? with built-in late Romanesque tower. Against the east wall an extension with burial vault of the Du Peyrou family; alliance coat of arms in the facade, 18th. Baptismal fence 17th, copper baptismal arch 1729. Pew, 18th, Epitaph, 1785. Gravestones, 16-17th. Copper chandelier and three copper candle arms, 18th. Organ with main work and secondary work, made in 1876 by P. Flaes. Bell frame with clock by François and Pieter Hemony, 1650, diam. 107.5 cm. Mechanical tower clock by Eijsbouts, 1934, with electric winding.

The original parish church (Petrus' Banden) of Oisterwijk is returned to the Roman Catholics during the reign of King Lodewijk Napoleon. For an amount of ƒ 7,000, a new church for the Reformed (later Protestant) will be built. Mr. Hubert is given and accepts the assignment to design the drawings of the new church and to draw up the associated specifications, cost estimates, etc. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Church in neo-Gothic style with a tower from the 15th century.

The current Reformed Church of Hoogkarspel had two, probably three predecessors. The first church must have been a small tuff chapel that was later replaced by a late Gothic church dedicated to Laurentius. This church is at least mentioned in a deed from 1514. An engraving by H. Spilman after Cornelis Pronk from 1726 shows a church with a large tower. The building is briefly described in Van der Aa: '... an old building, that still stands well on its foundations and is provided with a tower with a stone spire. In the past, there was a house organ, which was donated to this church by Mr. P. van den Willigen, Councillor in the Vroedschap and Mayor of the city of Enkhuizen, but this was replaced in 1802 by a completely new one, which was paid for from the church fund. There is also a very neat and efficient public cemetery laid out in 1829, and a parsonage built in 1839, which is the most beautiful house between Hoorn and Enkhuizen. In 1859 the church was in such a bad state that "the Chief Engineer of the Water Board" was asked for advice on restoration or new construction. The latter was decided upon. The design for the new church came from D. and L. van der Tas, architects in Schiedam and Sloten. The foundation stone for the second church building was laid on 19 October 1860, and on 4 May 1862 the church was put into use. The very beautiful neo-Gothic church had, judging from old postcards, a matching interior. The building was a polygonal central structure of brick and stucco. Unfortunately, little of the old interior was saved and/or brought to the current church. The new church showed serious structural problems in 1909 due to subsidence due to an inadequate foundation. A major restoration prevented collapse, but only led to a postponement of the need for demolition and new construction. The new church was built in 1966, based on a design by the architects CH Bekink and J. Bijleveld. The church has a freestanding tower. It was built because the old church had become too large. On the north side of the current church, a number of gravestones from the first church can still be found in the pavement. It is not known whether they were removed from the old church and given a new resting place here or whether they were never moved from their place but suddenly ended up outside the church walls when the second and especially the third church became smaller.

Beautiful interbellum church in the style of the Groningen variant of the Amsterdam School, with characteristic needle as a tower. Nowadays in the possession of the Protestant Community of Nieuwolda-Oostwold. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Tower of the Dutch Reformed Church. Brick building, two sections, with natural stone corner blocks and blind fields with arched friezes, second half of the 15th century. Bell tower with clock by Pieter Ostens, 1672, diam. 68 cm.