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Interesting reconstruction chapel without a tower.

Brick tower built in the middle of the 14th century, raised in the 16th century and provided with a constricted spire. In 1867, the current neoclassical church building was built against the remaining tower to replace the associated medieval church. It is said that the stones of the former church were used for the foundation of the new building. Inventory from the construction period.

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).

The current church replaced the predecessor destroyed in the Second World War. It is a three-aisled basilica church with a semicircular apse and a tower and baptistery at the side, inspired by early Christian church architecture in Italy (4th-7th century). An important work from the Deur en Pouderoyen oeuvre, built under the influence of the Bossche School of Van der Laan.

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

The round chapel of machine-made brick has a round tent roof with a wide overhang, covered with slates in Maasdekking. The ridge of the roof is finished with copper plate and is crowned by a spire. The chapel is preceded by a projecting portal under a saddle roof with a wide overhang, covered with slates in Maasdekking. A semi-circular facade niche has been placed within the projecting portal, within which a two-part wooden entrance door with panels has been placed. Above the entrance door, four stones have been placed with the following inscriptions: "27/11", "14/5", "7/6", "26/8", which indicate the date of the memorial day of St. Oda and the appointment of the founder of the chapel, AJ van Erp, as pastor; the solemn raising of St. Oda's bones by Bishop Otbertus; the ordination of AJ van Erp; the consecration of the chapel on the occasion of the golden jubilee of pastor AJ van Erp. Four high round-arched windows have been placed around it, filled with stained glass windows. The eaves are decorated with masonry corbels, which support the roof construction. A wooden door has been placed in the east side of the chapel, under a slightly arched segmental arch. At the rear, a free-hanging canopy with a saddle roof has been placed, resting on projecting masonry. Under the canopy, a life-size sandstone statue has been placed on a high masonry plinth. It depicts a standing St. Oda in a pleated robe, his face turned downwards and his eyes cast down. The right hand raised in front of the chest and the left hanging freely.

The St. Donatus Church dates from 1890-1891. Architect J. Kayser designed a hall church with a tower that was built in neo-Romanesque style and is located in Kerkstraat. In the arch field above the entrance, the text 'STo / DONATO SACRUM / 1891' is inscribed in memory of the consecration of the church. The church is 38 m high. There is a beautiful chancel with paintings on the ceiling and beautiful stained glass windows. To the left of the church is a sandstone Sacred Heart statue on a plinth with the text: 'ALTFORST AAN KONING CHRISTUS.

The Sint-Janskerk is a Gothic Protestant temple in the centre of Maastricht, next to the Catholic Basilica of Sint-Servaas. The church was founded at the beginning of the 13th century to serve as a baptismal church for the St. Servatius parish. It is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

The church is mentioned in the 11th century as part of the then parish of St. Laurentius in Voerendaal.

Out of use 1808, rebuilt 1927 (now chapel of Vroenhof nursing home). Neo-Gothic church with tower.