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Heilige Martinus is a Neo-Gothic church from 1882. This church is listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands. The organ was built by Adema-Schreurs Orgelbouw in 1958 for the chapel of the Sisters of Bethany in Bloemendaal. In 1982 the organ was moved to the St. Martinus Church in Noorden.

The Stefanuskerk in Zoelen, named after the first martyr, was built in the 15th century. The nave of the church is built in the Lower Rhine style of brick. The walls were plastered white. Here and there bears support the walls of the church. Brick was also used for the construction of the tower. The tower walls were then covered with tuff. The 36-metre high tower rises high above the landscape. The bell that now hangs in the tower was cast in 1950. It bears the inscription "I mourn the dead and call the living to their God". This bell replaces the bell from 1924, which was removed by the Germans in 1943. The pulpit was made in 1641. The pulpit Bible dates from 1657. A funeral board from 1603 hangs in the church. During restoration work, graves of the Vijgh and Pieck families were found. These families lived in Zoelen Castle in the 17th and 18th centuries respectively. The organ was built in 1895 by the organ building family Van Dam.

The Catholic Church of St. Martin in Medemblik is a neo-Gothic building designed by T. Slinger in the 18th century.

The Sint-Martinuskerk is a church building in Beek in the municipality of Beek in the Dutch province of Limburg . The church is located on the Burgemeester Janssenstraat at the end of the street Markt . To the east of the church lies the street Achter de Kerk and on the south side begins the Sint Martinusstraat . About 150 meters to the northwest is the Protestant Church .

Brick church in traditional forms with a tower. Built in 1939-1940 to a design by AW and BPJ Oomen from Oosterhout. Wide central nave with low and narrow side aisles and low transept arms. Organ, originating from an unknown monastery in Flanders, probably built around 1700 by Jacobus van Eynde. In 1909 placed in the then church of Schijf and restored in 1985 by Vermeulen (Weert). The church building replaced an older neo-Gothic church by Soffers.

Historic village church with tower. Due to various extensions, this church has a neo-Gothic appearance. Medieval church with tower from 1339, which was raised in 1884. Extension with side aisles in 1868, designed by HJ Wennekers. Partially (choir) demolished in 1914, and replaced in 1914-1915 by a new choir designed by W. te Riele. The restoration of the church began in early 2002. The restoration was completed on 19 January 2003. (49-03)

Older church and monastery. Built in 1809 under temporary kingship of Louis Napoleon, hence the nickname "Louis' Church". Extension of the choir in 1871. Demolished in 1933 to make way for the construction of the current St. Martin's Church .

Roman Catholic Church; late Gothic tower, 16th century; three-aisled nave 14th-17th century choir with extensions 1851. In the tower portal Romanesque lintel with three relief representations in medallions. Two side altars 18th century; In the sacristy a stone altar mensa (14th century?) with old tabernacle, cupboard, 2 wooden half-built-in confessionals (18th century) two oak sacristy cupboards with dresser (18th century) oak rococo credence console on side wall of chancel; 2 simple pews (1663 and 1718). In the churchyard thirteen grave crosses. Single-manual organ, made in 1855 by Pereboom and Leyser. Bell frame with chime consisting of a bell by C. Drouot, 1810, diam. 78 cm and a clock by N. Legros, 1766, diam. 86 cm.

Roman Catholic Church. Tower of marl. approx. 1400; the upper section decorated with trefoil frieze and corner pilasters. Three-aisled nave approx. 1850, transept and choir, 1884, neo-Gothic. In the nave three pairs of columns with Maas capitals, XV, from the old nave. Tombstone of Herman van Bronckhorst 1512. In the churchyard stone grave cross 1743. Mechanical tower clock, German type, circa 1900-1930, later fitted with electric winding.* The tower clock was lost to fire in 2004.

The area in which Maartensdijk is located was given to Willebrord, the first bishop of Utrecht, by the Frankish state authorities at the beginning of the 8th century. It was part of an extensive peat landscape. In order to make the area productive, the bishops gave plots of land in fief to vassals to develop. These vassals included not only citizens, but also religious institutions such as the Utrecht chapter of St. Maarten (The Cathedral Chapter).