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Hall church in Amsterdam School style, with parabolic entrance, expressive brickwork and detailing of the clock. Based on a design (1927) by the Amersfoort architect Willem van Gent. Beautiful interior with oak communion bench (1693) and paintings by Hendrick Bloemaert. These works of art came from the predecessor of this church, a clandestine church from 1692.

Originally a single-nave neo-Gothic church with a tower, designed by JJ van Langelaar. In 1923, two side aisles were added. This added 278 seats. This was very much needed, because the parish was growing. It was an expensive renovation for that time; the costs were approximately 36,000 guilders. In 1944, during the Second World War, the church was blown up by the Germans. In 1958, they started rebuilding the church. In 1958, the church was partially put back into use, and in 1959 the two bells were inspected, which were placed in the then rebuilt tower in 1960. In later years, much has happened to the interior. The church has lost many of its original paintings, but is now lighter and more adapted to the times.

Exceptionally important reconstruction church with tower. Domed choir. Designated a national monument in 2015.

Sober late neo-Gothic church with tower.

The current St. Gerardus Majella Church dates from the 1920s. It is a brick cross church with wide naves in traditionalist style, with a slender tower with saddle roof, to the right of the front facade. Characteristic work in the oeuvre of the Rotterdam architect HPJ de Vries. Above the main entrance is a mosaic by Alex Asperslagh (1901-1984), depicting the patron saint of the church.

Roman Catholic Church of St. Gerardus Majella in Heksenberg was built in 1936 with Neo-Romanesque influences to a design by architect AJN Boosten. The contractor was Mr. J. Heijnen. The design of the church is characterized by the use of geometric figures.

In 1906, the neo-Gothic Gerardus Majella church, designed by architect H. Kroes, was put into use. It was the first parish church in the Netherlands to be dedicated to this saint. The church consisted of a five-sided closed vaulted chancel and a two-bay long nave, with a wooden ceiling. On the roof was a roof turret with an eight-sided spire. The church soon proved to be too small.

The church dates from 1925 and was designed by architect Jan Stuyt , as the centrepiece of a Catholic complex, which also included homes, a monastery and two schools. As with many of his churches, the design of the Gerardus Majella Church was inspired by the Byzantine churches that Stuyt visited during a pilgrimage to Palestine in 1903, in particular the Aya Sophia in Istanbul.

Roman Catholic Church, originally church of the noble women's convent of St. Gerlach. Three-sided hall church from around 1725, with a turret on the west facade, wall pilasters and segmental arch windows. Interior wall paintings by Joh. Adam Schopfs 1751; Main altar 18th century. Tomb of St. Gerlach 1783 with carved wooden altar placed against it; communion rail, 18th century A; confessional, 18th century B; organ case 18th century; pulpit 19th century A. 1 tombstone of Ursula Grobendoncq (18th century), 1 tombstone (18th century) and 3 altar stones, all made of sandstone and found under the floor during the restoration in 1978. Marlstone garden wall, 17th-18th century. Several tombstones in the churchyard. Originally a single manual organ, made in 1784 by J. Binvignat. Enlarged in 1894 by PJ Vermeulen. In 1957 extended with a rugpositief and free pedal by L. Verschueren. During the last restoration in 1988 by Verschueren, the rugwerk and the free pedal were retained in a modified form. Mechanical tower clock, B. Eijsbouts, 1910.

Replaces the church from 1935 that was destroyed during the war. Like the pre-war church, the current church is built in traditionalist forms, influenced by Romanesque and early Christian architecture. Tower from 1954.