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The former garrison church of Oudeschans was built in 1626 and initially served for the soldiers who were stationed here.

The Garrison Cemetery Hamelin is a historic burial site of military personnel from Northern Germany. The preserved tombstones date mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Garstad church is a wooden church that was completed in 1856. The architect of the church is Arne Sørvik.

Built as a Reformed Church. Architecturally extremely important church building. Now a church of the PKN. This (former Reformed) church with accompanying parsonage (Nanne Reynstraat 1) on the Gasthuissingel in Bolsward was built in 1929 in business expressionist architecture designed by JH van der Veen and Ane Nauta. The contribution of each of the architects is still unclear. The church mainly follows the formal language of Van der Veen.

Former Roman Catholic Gasthuiskapel Sint Barbara from 1494, put into use in 1846 by the Reformed Church and in 1936 by the Christian Reformed Church. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

The Agios Georgios Church is located in the eastern part of the village centre. The building is in a good to fair condition. It seems to be in an alternative use. The doors were locked on the day of visit.

The Agios Ioannis Prodromos Church is located approx. 2 kilometre west of the village centre at the Famagusta-Karpasia main road. The church is in a poor condition, while the interior of the building is near to ruin.

The Panagia Faneromeni church, built in the 19th century, is located in the northern area of the original centre.

The Trinity Gate Church is the main entrance to the Kiev Cave Lavra. It was built in the early 12th century, after which it was rebuilt several times. Originally close to the sacred buildings of the Kiev Rus' (860-1240), the Trinity Gate Church is now decorated in the Ukrainian Baroque style. The church survived the earthquake of 1230 and the Mongol invasion of 1240. However, the church was severely damaged by fire in 1718 and was restored between 1722 and 1729.

The Gaukirche was built around 1170-80. The church became a monastery church in 1231, to which two chapels were added in the 14th century. In the 18th century, the architect Franz Christoph Nagel (1699-1764) redesigned the church in Baroque style. In 1810, at the time of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia, the monastery was secularized. Between 1883 and 1887, the church was extensively restored and the Baroque furniture was removed and fitted with neo-Gothic elements, which were themselves removed in 1938.