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Roman Catholic Church of St. Anthony Abbot. Brick building dating from the time when the church was elevated from chapel to parish church, 1477. Restored in 1834, restored, renovated and expanded in 1930-'31 by architect HC van de Leur. The following are still medieval of the church building: four bays of the nave and the tower. The nave is single-aisled and covered by cross vaults; the tower consists of three sections, the lower of which is set with lesenes and a pointed arch niche and sound holes at the top; octagonal spire. In the church an oak pulpit with steps and sounding board, first half of the 18th century. Two-manual organ by J. Vollebregt and Son from 1855.

Around the year 1400 there was already a chapel in Enter, which was dedicated to Saint Anthony Abbot. The chapel was destroyed during the Eighty Years' War and was not rebuilt. The Catholics made use of clandestine churches, until the end of the 18th century, when Catholic worship was permitted again. In 1819 a new church was built on the Dorpsstraat in Enter. This was a water board church, which was enlarged in 1851, but in the years 1910-1920 the building was too small again. Demolished in 1927 for new construction .

In 1897 the church was consecrated. In 1932 there was an additional aisopy and a new priestly choir. The font dates from 1519. From earlier chapels some wooden statues and a 17-century communion bench remain. The altars and crossings are from 1897.

Roman Catholic church of St. Anthony Abbot because of the two-manual organ with attached pedal, made by M. van Deventer in 1754, expanded by FC Smits in 1854, originally for the Roman Catholic church in Velp (N.-B.), placed in the Roman Catholic church in Schaijk in 1971.

The current neo-Romanesque St. Anthony Abbot Church in Overasselt is one of the characteristic works from the later period of the oeuvre of the architect Carl Weber, in which he drew on late Romanesque architecture in the Rhineland.

Interesting neoclassical church with historic tower. After the Reformation, the committee that was set up to prepare the construction of the Catholic church in Loenen received permission from King Willem II on 13 February 1846 to start construction. The king gave a subsidy of 6,000 guilders on condition that the church would be built by Waterstaat. The total cost of the church amounted to fl. 13,332.--. The Hackfort family (Kasteel ter Horst) donated a newly built parsonage as well as the land for the church, garden and cemetery, but on condition that they would have the first two pews of the new church at their disposal and that they would have the right to make their own family burial vault in the cemetery. The “Horsten benches” are still in the church. The coats of arms of the Hackfort family and the Van Wijnbergen family are on the doors.

Important early neo-Gothic church with tower, which is crowned by a unique iron spire. In 1854, the St. Anthony's Church in Overlangel was built, designed by architect Wilhelmus Jacobus van Vogelpoel. This church replaced the St. Anthony's Chapel in Overlangel. Van Vogelpoel used a neo-Gothic architectural style. In September 1854, the church was consecrated by Bishop Joannes Zwijsen.

The Heilige Antonius Abt (Anthony Abbot) was erected in 1886 and extended in 1928 and 1951. It has its origin in a 17th century chapel dedicated to Saint Anthony Abbot. It is currently listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.

In the standard work Kerkinterieurs in Nederland (Church Interiors in the Netherlands), Herman Wesselink calls the Antonius Abtkerk "one of the most remarkable churches from the interbellum. (...) The church interior (can) be considered a highlight of Dutch Roman Catholic ecclesiastical art from the twentieth century." (Antonius Abtkerk. Highlight of ecclesiastical mosaic art. In Kerkinterieurs in Nederland, pp. 316-319. Wbooks, 2016. The church was created under the influence of the innovative artist group De Violier. In this group, JE Brom, architect Joseph Cuypers (1861 - 1949) and A. Molkenboer (1872-1960) worked together, among others.

Sober neo-Gothic church with tower. Restored in the 1990s. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.