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The town's Protestant church is a Gothic hall church built from 1300. The nave dates from the second half of the 14th century. The tower, typical of the region, was originally crowned with a pointed helmet above four stone gables. Its upper floors were completed in 1489. The present canopy was added by Theodor Escher between 1809 and 1811.

The Protestant town church was built in 1855-56 by the master-builder F. A. Ritter after a design by the Berlin master builder Karl Friedrich Schinkel for the Preußische Normalkirche. The building is a four-axis hall in ashlar construction with a recessed apse. On the west gallery, there is a late romantic organ with a neo-Renaissance prospectus. It was built in 1902 by Eduard Vogt from Korbach.

Medingen Abbey , situated in the Lüneburg Heath, is the only example of a late 18th century prototype-building for a female lutheran convent. Today there still lives a christian community with an abbess. The building itself and its special treasure of artefacts reflects the continuity of female christianity for centuries.

The church of Evanger is a long church from 1851. The oldest mention of a church in Evanger dates from the mid 14th century. The medieval church was most probably a stave church. It is not known exactly how long the medieval church was, but it was probably replaced by a wooden church in the 17th century. The 17th-century church remained until it was replaced by the modern church in 1851.

Evenes Church is a wooden church in the Danish manor house style inaugurated in 1800. Around 1250, Håkon Håkonsson built the first church on the spot. A new church was built on the site in 1677. Both churches were on the same site as the present church. The baptismal font of the present church comes from the first church on the site, dating from the 13th century.

Evenstad Church is a typical long church, built in 1904 according to the plans of architect Victor Nordan. It is one of the first of several similar Nordan churches. The church has a rather simple 'national romantic' design, with interconnected arched windows.

The Evje Church, inaugurated in 1891, is a typical, relatively simple cross church with a tower to the west and a choir to the east, and with short transepts near the choir. The church, which is characterized by a Swiss-style with gable-shaped windows, is apparently not half-timbered but built in half-timbered construction with exterior and interior panelling. The architect is unknown, but the builder is Ludvig Karlsen from Stokken.

The architect Mario Botta is the author of this construction. The construction of the cathedral began in 1992 and was completed in 1995.

The Catholic Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is a neo-Gothic parish church. Built in the years 1892-1894, it was made, in 1945, garrison church for the Polish army.

The church of Eystein, built in 1969, was built in concrete according to the plans of the architect Magnus and Anton Poulsson. The church is located on the Nidaros pilgrimage route and is named after King Eystein, who is said to have built a church here in the 12th century.