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Neo-church without tower. New front facade in 1950.

The Bolsward clandestine church is located behind the building line of the buildings in the street. Built in 1809 and expanded and embellished from 1848 to 1855. Framed entrance (all mid-19th century). With a roof turret.

Mennonite church from 1838. The side walls are divided by lesenes, between which there is a semicircular closed window. It also has a framed entrance. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, Mennonite believers were tolerated by the local government. The government allowed Mennonite communities to build their own church, but these were not allowed to be on the public road. In practice, this usually meant that a house was built for the church. In Joure there is no longer a house in front of the church hall, but the small square in front of the church is a reminder of the situation in the 17th century. The church building on Midstraat dates from 1824.”

Straight-ended hall church with extended entrance portal, built in 1912. Round-arched windows with coloured stained glass in rectangular patterns, furniture from the construction period, made of unpainted pine, still present in its entirety. Single-manual organ by Bakker & Timmenga (Leeuwarden) from 1906.

In 1895 Bakker & Timmenga built a new organ for the Mennonite Church in Veenwouden. The same firm restored the work in 1981. In June 1981 the organ could be put back into use.

The foundation stone for this Mennonite meeting house was laid on 15 June 1850. The official opening took place on New Year's Day 1851. The building was restored between 1994 and 2000. The interior was restored in 2008. The meeting house that was used before 1850 is located on Koningsstraat . It is now a residential building, but the windows on the side clearly show that it used to be a church. (60-08)

Rather inconspicuous, but architecturally interesting, modern church without a tower.

Built as the Chapel of the Roman Catholic Hospital St. Liduina Foundation, which was abandoned in 1988. Sober reconstruction chapel in Bossche School style.

This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.