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Built as a Reformed Church. Now a church of the Protestant Community of Gastel and Kruisland. A classicist hall church in the so-called Waterstaat style. It dates from 1811 and is a gift from King Louis Napoleon. After a restoration in 1960, the church was restored again in 2000. In addition to the renovation of the exterior, which was carried out by contractor Van Agtmaal, the interior was tackled by the Gastelse former furniture maker Van der Zee, who refurbished the pews and made a new pulpit and cross. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Extremely important Stuytkerk with dome and tower. Baroque altars. This church looks a lot like the (former) St. Egbertuskerk in Almelo (also tower and dome).

This historic church is owned by the Protestant Community of Damsterboord, on the second and fourth Sunday of the month there is a service at 10:00 am. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

At the end of August 2008, a start was made with the restoration of the 19th century reformed church. The church and tower were given a new roof, walls were repointed, etc. And especially the Roelf Meijer organ from 1874 was restored. This church is listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.

On the N. side of the single-nave nave remains of a tuff stone Romanesque church from the 12th century. Renovated in the 15th century, restored in 1956. Romanesque tower of brick, raised at the end of the 15th century, restored in 1957. At the site of the ME choir to the E. of the nave a choir-shaped extension from around 1700. During the restoration in 1971-73 the Romanesque appearance of the nave was reconstructed. Single-manual organ by Hans Goltfuss, originally made for the Gasthuiskerk in Delft in 1657. Reconstructed in 1973 and placed in Sassenheim. Bell frame with chime consisting of a bell by W. Wegewaert, 1592, diam. 126 cm and a modern bell. In the tower portal a bell by A. de Stomme, 1563, diam. 42 cm, has been decommissioned. Mechanical tower clock, B. Eijsbouts, 1906, equipped with electric winding. Above the entrance door of the church is a sundial on a red tile, 28 cm square, slightly obliquely built into the tuff wall.

Classical building from 1832, consisting of a three-aisled hall church covered by a saddleback roof with a facade divided by Doric half-columns and a pediment with triglyph list, behind which rises the built-in tower, with double Ionic pilasters and crowned by a dome on which an obelisk. Interior: Doric columns with segmental arches, barrel vault in stucco over the central nave, rib vaults over the side aisles. Oak pulpit from the second half of the 18th century, to which is a copper lectern with the crowned initials W. and M. from 1693; carved organ case. Oak bell frame with bell by JP Huaert, 1794, diam. 105 cm. Iron entrance gate between bluestone pillars with vase crowning. Originally a two-manual organ from the second half of the 17th century. In the previous century the Positive was removed. Restored in 1963.

NH Church. Modest freestanding hall church, hipped roof and roof turret and ball pirons. On the south side consistory built under a lean-to roof. Bell tower with bell by JA de Grave, 1720, diam. 64 cm.

The Reformed Church consists of a simple 16th century nave, rebuilt in 1611. The choir has been demolished. Interior: niches under the windows. Oak pulpit (17th century). The steeply sloping 14th century tower has three sections. On either side of the pointed arch above the entrance are niches with brick trefoils, which also appear on a frieze of the round staircase tower, the masonry of which is enlivened with glazed heads. The buttresses were probably added in the 16th century, the bell storey was raised and the entrance was changed. The stone vault in the tower has been broken out; its wall columns are provided with small capitals. Bell tower with clock by Johannes Burgerhuys, 1613, diam. 70 cm. Lower in the tower, in a clock case, is a mechanical tower clock, according to the nameplate: B. Eijsbouts, 1922, decommissioned.

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.

Protestant church in Meerssen.