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In 1509, when the Dollard flooded once again, the residents decided to move the entire village a mile and a half to the north and the cruciform church was demolished and rebuilt as a hall church. In 1570, the old detached tower was replaced by a new one.

Built as a Reformed Church.

Dutch Reformed Church and Tower. Three-aisled vaulted hall church; the largely Romanesque north wall is built of tuff and shows a round-arched frieze; the north aisle has a five-sided Gothic closure; the Gothic central aisle (XVI) is closed on three sides; the south aisle is from 1924-1925. After the collapse of the tower in 1826, the classicist front with fonts was built, as well as the crowning bell tower. Sandstone baptismal font, circa 1200; sandstone grave monument for Frederica van Ittersum tot de Gerner, 1729; stalls from the Oosterhof with 16th century parts; stalls from the Grimberg, mid-18th century; gravestones (16th and 17th century); two silver cups (17) century); two silver cups 1820; altar stone, pewter jug, bowl and three plates (18th century). Mechanical tower clock, has been decommissioned by the purchase of a chime with carillon computer.

The Schlosskirche was part of the Hofen Monastery, built between 1695 and 1702. In 1803, the imperial Weingarten Monastery, to which the Hofen Monastery belonged, was secularised. The monastery complex with the church was assigned to the Württemberg court estate, which made the church building available to the newly founded Protestant parish of Friedrichshafen in 1812. On 28th April 1944, during a bombing raid during the Second World War, the church was severely damaged. During the reconstruction of the church from 1949 to 1954, the missing stucco was added by Josef Schnitzer in a simpler form based on old photos.

The school was founded in 1471 by Juan López de Medina and offered in 1477 to the Hieronymites, who arrived in 1484. In 1489 it acquired the status of a university. It continued operating until 1837. The current buildings were built from the 17th century onwards and have been partially rebuilt.

In the Strijp district. Interesting, large and in many details well preserved church with tower by architect F. Jantzen. This was the 2nd Reformed Church in Eindhoven, after the small Vaste Burchtkerk in the centre of Eindhoven. Out of use as NH Church in 1974, since then in use as Christian Reformed Church, which until then had used the smaller church on Plaggenstraat (church building Plaggenstraat taken over by Geref. Gemeente).

Small modern church.

Schwerin Cathedral was founded as a Romanesque building during the reign of Henry the Lion (12th century), at the same time as the cathedrals of Lübeck, Ratzeburg and Braunschweig. A new cathedral was built in the Gothic style from 1270. The building was rebuilt in the Gothic Revival style after being damaged by fire in the 19th century.

Scottish Church, traditionally Presbyterian Church. Interesting reconstruction church without tower.

Notre-Dame de Scourmont is a Trappist abbey built in the second half of the 19th century. The priory was founded in 1850 and elevated to the rank of abbey in 1871. In 1863, a brewery was established in the abbey and in 1876, the Trappist monks began to produce hard cheese from the milk from their farm.