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Evangelical Lutheran church building from 1696. In eclectic style built frontage with risalit from 1874, with risalit in which a relief in the shape of a swan, for the late 17th century (1696) hall church with gallery on three sides. The church has a richly carved pulpit 1696 with rear bulkhead and sounding board. Organ by Van Oeckelen, made in 1896.

Originally this was a chapel of the Blindeliedengasthuis, which was demolished in 1629. The Lutheran Community, founded in Dordrecht in 1618, was offered the church building by the community in 1689. The simple, late Gothic chapel had been used in the intervening years as a city coffin house and for storing peat. In the seventeenth century, the front and side facades of this national monument were provided with a layer of plaster, which was partly removed during the restoration of 1963. The Wolfferts organ from 1779, with parts from 1733, has two keyboards. The pulpit is in Louis XVI style.

The church building of the Evangelical Lutheran community in Leeuwarden was built in 1774 to a design by the Roman Catholic city architect Van Nooteboom (1733 - 1812), with financial support from mainly the community of Amsterdam. The memorial stone in the front facade is a reminder of this. The simple building, a hall church with galleries, replaces an older church from 1681, financed by Andreas Moeller, whose funeral plaque still hangs in the church. The church was restored in 1994.

Neo-Gothic building with turret. Out of use as Dutch Reformed Chapel in 1924, since then Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELK). This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands. The church was put up for sale in 2021 despite protests.

Important "hidden church" without a tower. The Reformation began in 1517 with the nailing of Luther's theses to the door of the castle church of Wittenberg, but it was not until around 1566 that a Lutheran community was established in Breda. The community consisted largely of people of German descent. For a long time, they had a hidden church on the Nieuwstraat. In 1777, the community bought a house on the Veemarktstraat, called 'Repos Ailleurs'. It was a large house with a forecourt. In 1786, the Lutheran church was consecrated in the renovated mansion. Two houses had been built on the forecourt so that the house could only be reached through a gate from the Veemarktstraat. It is the only still functioning hidden church in Breda. In 1838, the church was thoroughly renovated. The pointed arch windows that are visible from the inner courtyard were also installed then. The church was restored in 1966-1967.

New neoclassical facade and demolition of tower in 1837.

Late 18th century church, rebuilt after destruction by war in 1944. The Lutheran community and the Reformed Church of Heusden form a Protestant community as of 1 January 2010. Church services are now held alternately in the Lutheran church on Putterstraat and in the Reformed Church on Gasthuisstraat. No decisions have yet been taken about selling off one of the church buildings. And the Reformed Church, of Reformed Bond signature, does not (yet?) appear to be participating in the PKN.

Beautiful, late small neo-Gothic church with roof turret and stained glass windows. Extended in 1937.

Former chapel St.Joris Gasthuis (15th century). From 1996 to 2003 the Evangelical Church "Het Levend Water" used this church. This Evangelical Church "Het Levend Water" has used (had used) two other locations since then.

Evangelical Lutheran Church. Situated on the corner of Goilberdingerstraat and Achterstraat, simple, brick hall church, rebuilt in 1839 on the site of the chapel of the St. Pietersgasthuis, which was rebuilt for the Lutherans in 1676, already mentioned in 1386. The building has a hipped roof with a hexagonal wooden dome tower at the front, has pointed arch windows and an entrance in a simple Empire frame. Inside, a pointed arch wooden barrel vault and a pulpit with lectern and baptismal fence from around 1840. To the left and right of the pulpit, gentlemen's pews with panels, which show sculpture from 1676-1677. Organ with main work and secondary work, made in 1897 by G. van Druten. Bell frame with bell by G. Schimmel, 1686, diam. 48.8 cm.