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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).

Built to replace the predecessor of this church, which was demolished in 1939. There is a whale on the tower of the church. This whale is a reminder of whaling, which was an important source of income for the village in earlier centuries.

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 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.

National monument 34068 St..Martinus, 1869-1871, PJHCuypers. Three-aisled cruciform basilica, of which the nave has remained unfinished. Rectangular pillars with bevelled corners and moulded capitals. Triforium and round windows in the clerestory. The transept gables are resolved into climbing series of lancet windows. Cross-ribbed vaults. The buttresses of the side aisles are bricked inwards. The interior is treated as fairwork in various colours of brick and has largely retained the furnishing by the Cuypers-Stoltzenberg studio. Organ with main work, swell work and free pedal, made in 1891 by the Maarschalkerweerd company from Utrecht. Mechanical tower clock, first quarter of the 20th century, manual and electric winding possible.

In 1894, pastor PJD Wouterlood was given permission to raise funds in Amsterdam for the restoration of the church. Under the leadership of JH Tonnaer, an architect in Delft, the church was renovated and enlarged to its current length of 20.50 m'. In April, demolition and the erection of the side walls began. The altar was moved from the south side to the north side of the church, the choir in the opposite direction. The entrance was on the east side. Furthermore, the church was given a new slate roof and a tasteful turret. The work was completed in August. On 4 September 1894, the church was solemnly blessed by dean W. van der Stee of Schagen and pastor Wouterlood. The costs amounted to a total of ƒ 6,193.

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 .

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

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.

Three-aisled church with transept and a tower at the side that defines the image in traditionalist, neo-Gothic forms. The main nave (central nave) is, in accordance with the Roman Catholic liturgical wishes of the early twentieth century, wide; the side aisles are narrow and serve as walkways.