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Roman Catholic Church from 1925, dedicated to St. Anthony Abbot, designed by architect ir. F. Franssen. The church is located on the corner with the Heytmorgen. The Traditionalist architecture with Neo-Romanesque elements is partly based on early Christian architecture.

St. Anthony's Church (formerly dedicated to St. Adelbert); three-sided closed marlstone choir, ca. 1400, flanked by two brick chapels, 15th century; brick tower with niche section, 16th century, the other parts were created during an extension of the church in 1910. The inventory includes: communion rail with carved reliefs, 18th century; two hardstone holy water fonts, 18th century; wooden statues of crucifix, ca. 1700; two Madonnas, respectively from ca. 1700 and 17th century; St. Anthony Abbot, 18th century; St. Peter, 18th century; St. John the Baptist, 18th century; St. Roch, 18th century; alabaster panel with relief representation of the Adoration of the Shepherds; alabaster top piece with representation of the Trinity. Mechanical tower clock, B. Eijsbouts, 1918. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

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 .

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.

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.

Village church with tower. Destroyed by war actions 1944-1945, restored 1949.

Modern church built in 1960.

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.

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.

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.