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Historic medieval chapel with a turret on the front facade. The Saint-Josse Chapel (also Joostkapel) has been the Evangelical Lutheran Church on the corner of the Lage Gouwe and the Groenendaal in Gouda since 1682. The Saint-Josse Chapel dates from the 15th century. The chapel was dedicated to Saint Josse, the patron saint of the peat and sack carriers in Gouda. He was invoked as an intercessor and helper in impending births. After the Reformation in 1572, the chapel was first used as a peat barn and from 1577 as a storage space for fire buckets and ladders. In 1680, the building, excluding the tower with clock, was sold by the city council for 400 ducatons to the Evangelical Lutheran Community. They restored the building and officially took it into use as a church in 1682. The church building was restored in 1762, 1790, 1806, 1838 and 1869. During the restoration of 1838, the windows were enlarged and the stained glass windows were sold. During the restoration of 1869, the tower was demolished because the street in front of the church was lowered to make room for a movable bridge over the Gouwe. The most extensive restoration was that of 1957. The church was almost completely demolished and rebuilt. On the front facade, a blind window shows the location of the former church tower. The new front facade was crowned with a projecting turret. Nowadays, an Evangelical Lutheran service is held in the Sint-Joostkapel every other Sunday morning. The Sint-Joostkapel can also be rented for weddings and funeral services and small concerts.

The Sint Joriskerk in Britswert is built from yellow Friesian bricks. In the church, which was formerly dedicated to Saint Nicholas, there are several gravestones, such as the author of the Schotanus atlas Christianus Schotanus (1671).

Fairly large single-nave church building of brick with a large west tower and an 18th century extension on the south side. The nave is still Romanesque in the western part and otherwise early Gothic. The church contains beautiful early 18th century furniture, such as wainscoting, pulpit with tub, rear bulkhead and sounding board from 1713; associated baptismal fence, lectern with base for baptismal bowl; pews with carved side pieces, simpler pews and two covered pews on twisted columns, six singing boards. Organ balustrade on wall of bulkhead and twisted columns behind which are double doors. On the choir a tombstone from 1747; other tombstones under the floor. Organ made in 1868 by L. van Dam and Sons. Bell tower with bell by P. Overney, 1709, diam. 135 cm. Mechanical tower clock. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Richly detailed large neo-Gothic church, with remarkably spireless tower, in the centre of Oss. Replaced older medieval church. Nicknamed "Grote Kerk". Exceptionally important early work by the Tilburg architect HJ van Tulder, who later designed many other large, monumental, church buildings.

Sint Jozefkerk Eeklo is a former church in the Flemish town of Eeklo which currently operates as a childcare centre.

The former St. Joseph's Church in Vosselaar (Sint Jozefskerk) was built between 1966-77 in a post-war modernism style according to the designs of Flemish architect Marc Dessauvage. The church was withdrawn from worship in 2007 and repurposed as a public library.

The Sint Lambertchurch is a Catholic church in Rosmalen. In the 12th century, there was a wooden church in Rosmalen. In 1300, the church was replaced with one made of Tuff, a stone that was commonly used during that period. The tower of the current church was built in 1430 and the nave of the church was rebuilt in 1550. The name of the church refers to Lambert of Maastricht, who was Bishop of Maastricht in the 7th century. After the Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch, the church was used by Protestants. The building has also been used as a prison and a town hall. The church was restored to Roman Catholic service in 1823.

Sint Laurentiuskerk / Alkmaarse Cuyperskerk is a Roman Catholic Church built in 1861. The architect of the Laurentius Church is the famous architect Pierre Cuypers (1827 - 1921) who built many churches and other buildings in our country, such as the Central Station and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. It is listed a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.

Reformed Church. Large Gothic village church on a churchyard surrounded by a ring road, consisting of a six-bay nave with a five-sided choir closure, renewed in 1877, extensions to the fourth bay on the north and south sides, of which those on the south side are covered by a saddleback roof against a gable, those on the north side by an independent roof crowned by a pointed tower.

Tower and choir from the 14th century, nave 1776. Since 2003 Samen op Weg, now Protestant Church of the Netherlands (PKN).