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This (interesting) church has always been on Belgian territory. The Dutch in the Zeelandic Flemish Koewacht initially went to church in the Belgian Koewacht, from 1687 in a chapel, later in a new church that was consecrated in 1714. After the border was closed during the First World War, a Roman Catholic emergency church was built on the Dutch side of the border. This was replaced in 1922 by the definitive church of the HH Philippus en Jacobus, the church that is still in use today.

Reconstruction church with tower. On the site of the previous church.

Protestant families in Lattrop and Breklenkamp were prepared to sign a petition from G. Rikkink and J. Groeneveld in 1816 to help the parishioners in Lattrop and Breklenkamp to their own church. In addition to the reasons already given by Bentinck about the distance to Ootmarsum and the large amount of water in the Dinkel in the winter, the unsuitability of the current location is now discussed in detail: “In the aforementioned farmhouse, which according to local custom contains the home of the householders and the stable for the cattle without a partition or dividing wall, and therefore directly with and in the presence of horses and cows to attend the Holy Mass and sermon”. According to tradition, three locations are eligible for these special clandestine churches: 1. A barn on the Bodde farm on the Bergvennenweg. 2. The barn on the former Pikkemaat farm on the Frensdorferweg. 3. On the Scholte Lubberink estate on Dorpsstraat. Coach house with wall of former peat storage at church in Lattrop

Pseudo-basilica in pure Westphalian Romano-Gothic from the middle of the 13th century. Choir closure and chapels in the corners of the choir and transept from 1491. The entire building is built of Bentheimer stone. The oldest part is the nave, of which the central nave has two and each of the side aisles four bays. Transept slightly later. Vaults of nave and transept are dome-shaped and provided with decorative ribs. Rectangular choir bay also still 13th century. The heavy sandstone tower on the west side was demolished in 1842 and replaced by a wooden tower on the roof. Important inventory. Organ with main work, subpositive and pedal, made in 1814 by FF Epmann. This organ builder from Essen used older pipework. Mechanical tower clock, Korfhage & Söhne, Buer, 1942. Restored in 1997 and fitted with synchronisation. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Roman Catholic Church with parsonage and Holy Heart Statue, dedicated to Saints Theobaldus and Antonius of Padua, designed by architect Jan Strik (1912-1992) in shake-hands architecture. The building pastor was MJ van Boxtel. Together with the architect, he sought inspiration for the design in Switzerland. The village of Overloon, including the village church, was almost completely destroyed by war in October 1944. The church was consecrated on 12 May 1957. The church is located on a slight elevation at the 14 Oktoberplein, the centre of the new Overloon, slightly outside the then village centre. The clock faces on the tower are oriented towards this centre. The lines of the church were taken as the starting point for the design of the square, which was redesigned in 2001-2002. There is a cemetery behind the church. The stained glass windows were designed by Marius de Leeuw from 's Hertogenbosch. The altar was donated by the Roman Catholic Fuel Traders' Association. The brick reliefs on the front facades, as well as the polychrome statues of St. Theobaldus, St. Anthony, St. Mary and St. Joseph were designed for this church by Leo Geurtjens. The artistic wrought ironwork is by H. van de Tillart. A number of elements come from the destroyed church. For example, the church has a 17th century crucifix and statues of the Sacred Heart, St. Theresia of Lisieux, St. Donatus and a nativity scene by Piet van Dongen, and a polychrome limewood statue of St. Theobaldus from 1930. The Sacred Heart statue (1930) was made by the Thissen Company from Roermond.

The Häädemeeste Church was built in 1874 according to the plan of the architect Matthias von Holsti. The church, of a historic-eclectic style, was entered in the National Register of Cultural Monuments in 1998.

Haapsalu Cathedral dates from the mid-13th century. It is one of the largest single-nave churches in the Nordic and Baltic countries. The church was damaged by a fire in 1688, and during a storm in 1726 the roof of the church was destroyed again. During the restoration work that took place in 1886-1889, the building was modified, the Romanesque portal was replaced by a pseudo-Gothic portal and the fragments of preserved wall paintings were covered.

Hablingbo Church is one of the 92 medieval churches on the island of Gotland. It is one of the largest churches on Gotland.

The Hacy Bayram Mosque is the Turkish Mosque in Utrechtse Heuvelrug.

Turkish mosque.