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Neo-Romanesque church with tower. Forms a beautiful ensemble with all the preserved outbuildings and the cemetery behind the church.

Modern church with tower. Consecrated 26 February 1972. Replaced an earlier Roman Catholic church building. The building is partly used as the De Vier Trappen Health Centre.

St. John the Baptist's Church is a late Gothic choir with a three-sided closure, 16th century. Internal corbels with sculpted heads and as the final piece of the vault a wooden bust of St. John the Baptist. Vault paintings. The inventory includes a Crucifix, 16th century, a Madonna statue, 16th century and three statues of St. John the Baptist, respectively 15th, 16th and 19th centuries. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

The Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist in Nieuw Vossemeer is a three-aisled Neo-Gothic cruciform basilica with tower and roof turret designed by CP van Genk, probably built in collaboration with PJ van Genk in 1873. The church was expanded in 1929 and restored from flood damage in 1955-1956.

The Kudelstaart station was founded in 1661. Churches were held in a wooden shed on the Robend. In 1822, a three-aisled neoclassical church was built, which was restored in 1837 after a flood. In 1868-1870, the west side was provided with a nice neo-Romanesque facade with built-in tower by Th. Asseler (consecrated 22-4-1870). In 1959, modern paintings and Stations of the Cross were already installed. The original furniture was removed in 1968-1969 and the interior was drastically modernized at that time.

In 1630, a clandestine church was dedicated to John the Baptist behind three houses on the Hoge Gouwe. That church still exists, but after a major renovation in 1863 it was given its current facade. The church is rich in interior pieces and liturgical objects, some of which even date from before the Reformation. Lack of contact with the church in Rome led to new ideas emerging among Dutch Catholics. It led to the heated debate between the 'Jansenists' and the established church in 1723 to the split from the Old Catholic Church. Pastor I. Walvis (1653 - 1714) of this church is still known in Gouda as the writer of the first city history in 1713.

The Joannes de Doperkerk is the parish church of Meerlo. The current neo-Gothic basilica was built in 1934-1935.

Replaced barn church from 1752. Single-nave neo-Gothic church with tower, built in 1854-1856. Internal plastered vaults. Altar, pulpit and other furnishings from the construction period, probably from Louis Veneman. Organ by Gebr. Adema from 1856. Neo-Gothic front designed by Dirk Ypma.

During the Second World War, the church of Nieuwstadt was located where the front stopped in September 1944. It is therefore one of the few churches around Sittard that suffered considerable war damage. The first shelling took place between 19 and 29 September 1944 by the Americans, which incidentally caused little damage. On 12 November 1944, however, when the Americans were in Nieuwstadt, the Germans started firing back with much heavier material. This happened in the morning hours, when a Holy Mass was in progress. The shelling lasted for three quarters of an hour, during which one person was fatally hit and the church suffered considerable damage. This was repeated two days later, but now no one was injured. On 21 November 1944, the English relieved the Americans and Nieuwstadt was evacuated. The village suffered from German grenade and mortar fire for another four months. (Source: [1]