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Small expressionist church with tower. Built to replace the previous Reformed Church that burned down in 1923. Together with the historic church in Stompetoren, this church building is used for services by the Protestant Community of Schermer.

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.

The church was built in 1860 (see the facade stone in the left side wall). Since then, the front facade has not been changed, but the windows in the side walls, which illuminate the service rooms, have. These were renewed in the 1930s, but the old situation can still be recognized. The two diagonally placed closing sides also have renewed windows that were probably installed in the 1930s. The interior will have been renovated in the same period. The current wooden vault shows the characteristics of that period (1930s character). What the original vault looked like can no longer be determined.

Built to replace "Het Lokaal" from 1889. Modern church with tower.

In 1860, built against the old, already protected tower in beautiful brickwork, a five-bay long church hall under a slate-covered saddle roof and with a lower, flat-roofed, three-sided closed consistory room against the five-sided closure. The facades are divided by once-intersected, chevron-shaped covered buttresses, are closed off with (ascending) round-arched friezes and have a round-arched window per bay with beautiful wooden traceries dating from the construction period. Internally, the bays are separated by columns resting on consoles - incorporated in a wide, all-round, profiled window sill list - on which the ribs of the stucco net vault - segmental arch vault with insert vaults above the windows - come down. Original, sober bench plan with gentlemen's benches along the side facades; pulpit dating from the construction period with neo-Gothic and neo-Lod.XIV carvings; organ from 1899 (restored in the 1960s). Simple, but good example of a mid-19th century village church.

In 1956, a new Mennonite Church was built in Amsterdam-Slotermeer at Arthur van Schendelstraat 17. The building was designed by Karel Sijmons. In 1957, Willem van Leeuwen installed a new organ in this church with two keyboards and sixteen registers. In 1969, the church building was sold to the Reformed Church Slotervaart/Osdorp, who took over the building including the organ. It was then named De Olijftak. In 1993, the church was closed for worship. The organ was sold to the Reformed Church in Sirjansland in 1996. De Olijftak has been in use as a Moroccan mosque since 2000. The organ was moved to Sirjansland by the firm Pels & Van Leeuwen. The organ was put into use on 11 February 1996. The organ was not changed during the move. However, the front was decorated with several wooden ornaments.

Shortly after the embankment of 1364, Mastenbroek became an independent parish. At the same time, probably between 1364 and 1369, the church was built. The church was dedicated to Onze Lieve Vrouwe ter Zon. The church building was repeatedly restored and renovated, for example after a fire in 1647, of which renovation one of the inscriptions at the entrance still reminds us. The choir (1531) of the late Gothic single-nave building is somewhat narrower than the nave (1647). The tower was replaced by a new one in 1845.

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.

Important historical church with many extensions, especially the extremely interesting neo-style tower.Built as Dutch Reformed Church. Replaced an older church. Renovated in 1923. Since 2001, Samen Op Weg church. The church was restored in 2001. Action was taken to restore the tower dating from 1865.

Protestant church in Meerssen.