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Brick and old monk stones are the building blocks of the Kortezwaag church. The simple building has a sober interior, including a pulpit from the seventeenth century. The church is not often used.

The pilgrimage church of Maria Hilf was founded in 1984 as a chapel of the Capuchin monastery of Neumarkt. Due to the popularity of the chapel as a pilgrimage destination, a baroque church was built on the site from 1718 to 1727, its tower was completed later in 1757. After a period of decline in the 19th century due to the departure of the Capuchins in 1802, the church was restored as a place of pilgrimage by the Carmelites who founded a monastery nearby in 1907.

At the end of the 19th century, the village was repeatedly hit by floods. Even the church was flooded. In the year 1892 the building was enlarged by the construction of a new transept and the present choir. The baptistery was added in 1937 on the occasion of the silver festival of priests of pastor van de Kamp.

Maria Regina Martyrum is a Roman Catholic built in 1960-1963. The church was conceived as a tribute to the martyrs of the freedom of belief and conscience of the years 1933-1945. It is located near the place of execution of Nazi resistance fighters and opponents in Plötzensee prison, today the memorial Gedenkstätte Plötzensee.

The Maria-und-Martha-Kirche was first mentioned in 1359 in what is now Steinstraße. In 1382, its name appears in connection with a Maria-Martha hospital. The hospital and the church were destroyed by fire several times, in 1488, 1620 and 1686. During the strong growth of the city towards the east from about 1870, the old church was demolished and it was decided to build a new one. Between 1888 and 1891, the new Maria-und-Martha-Kirche was built as a catechism and garrison church in neo-Gothic style according to the plans of the Dresden architect Christian Schramm.

The pilgrimage church Mariahilf in Passau was built in 1624-1627 and houses a painting of the Virgin Mary, made in 1620 by the artist Pius of Passau. When Vienna was besieged by the Turks in 1683, Leopold I fled to Passau. The imperial couple prayed daily for victory over the Turks in front of the painting. After the Turkish defeat in Vienna, the Mariahilf of Passau became an icon of the Habsburg monarchy.

St. Anton am Arlberg Church, also known as "Mariahilf" is a Baroque church dedicated in 1698. After the old church had become too small, an extension was made in 1932 with the addition of a second lower tower, and the old nave became a choir.

The St. Mary's Church is one of the oldest Romanesque churches in Groningen. According to dendrochronological (dating of tree rings) research of the oak wood, the church dates back to around 1237. The monastic mounds and remnants of a Norman gate are witnesses of this age.

In a list of monasteries from the beginning of the 10th century, Westerwijtwerd is mentioned under the name "Widuvurd." The name is later written as Wietwerd and finally Westerwijtwerd, where the distinguished family of Ewsum built a church dedicated to Mary.

The St. Mary's Church is a fine example of a late Romanesque building. The oldest part dates from the second half of the 13th century.