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Hall church with outbuildings and openwork bell tower, all grouped around a forecourt. The design by J. Sluijmer (Enschede) in modernist and functionalist forms is in line with the renewed liturgical guidelines surrounding the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. A plan from 2008 to demolish this church and build a smaller church with apartments had not yet been carried out in 2016, and was later also abandoned. In the late 2010s, volunteers from the parish carried out some necessary maintenance on the church. The church hall was made smaller and more intimate with relatively simple means. At the beginning of 2020, further necessary maintenance work was reported in the near future, particularly on the roof.

The Roman Catholic Church of St. Ludgerus was built in 1882-1883 to a design by WVA Tepe (1840-1920) in a design language based on the Lower Rhine Gothic style. The Neo-Gothic three-aisled basilica is made of dark red brick in cross bond on a dark red transom window and is covered by a mesh roof with anthracite-coloured slates. The outsides of the gutter fascias are covered with scale-shaped slates.

The old Ludgerus church dates from 1963-1964 and was designed by J. Sluijmer. The church was consecrated in 1964 by Cardinal Alfrink (see inscription on the bottom of the chalice, inv. no. 8739-26). The church included a rectory, a parish house and a school. In the early 1990s, the parish council considered the parish's real estate. They came to the conclusion that much of the available space was not being used. That is why they conceived the plan to have the old church renovated. For this purpose, the parish asked the architectural firm Brink & Fleer in Dronten for a design. However, project developer Bramer Beheer proposed a different scenario. He asked the parish council to sell the church and associated buildings, so that the land could be used to expand the village centre. After much deliberation, the parish council decided to agree to this. The old church was eventually demolished around 2000, leaving only the tower.

Built in 1962, the church was designed by architect Jos Bijnen from Oss. The large stained glass windows, which are located on both the east and south sides of the church, are exceptionally impressive; they were made by glass artist Jon Martins. Above the altar are two stone reliefs. Furthermore, a magnificent icon with goldsmith work by Joop Falke can be seen at the Maria altar.

Important reconstruction church. Built as a Reformed Church, replacing a church building destroyed in 1943. Functionally designed complex in traditional style, with meeting rooms downstairs and the large church hall above.

The old Reformed church of Monster was originally also dedicated to Machutus and some of his relics were kept there. During the Reformation, this church was transferred to the Protestants. The last pastor and chaplain of the old Machutus church were murdered in Den Briel in 1572 and belong to the Martyrs of Gorcum. A clandestine church was not built until around 1775. A subsidiary church was built in 1790 and the Monster station was established in 1803. The current church was built in 1828-1831. This is the only church in the Netherlands dedicated to Machutus. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Dedicated to St. Marculphus, also called St. Marcoen. Demolished in 1912, after the current new church was put into use.

The church and rectory were built in 1923 to a design by Jan Stuyt. It is a simple cruciform church with a tower on the left of the church facade. The nave is covered at the front with a saddle roof; the side aisles by a lean-to roof with slates. The entrance is located in the middle of the facade. Interior: The nave is covered by a wooden vault in pointed arch form, the side aisles by plastered cross vaults. On the west side is an organ gallery. The interior is sober. The rectory consists of two building masses: a rectangular part with two floors and a hipped roof and to the left of that a rectangular part with one floor and a truncated hipped roof. Striking rod division in the windows.

This was a charming little village church. Front facade with two turrets.

The Sint-Margaritakerk is a church building in Margraten that was built in the 1920s to replace an older church building. The church consists of a medieval tower of marl with a constricted spire, a single-aisled nave of four bays perpendicular to the original church axis, the old medieval choir stands perpendicular to the fourth bay of the church as a chapel, and a three-sided closed choir of marl on the north side of the church building with a low ambulatory7.