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The St. Norbertus parish was founded on 24 June 1980. The church board wanted a sweet and atmospheric church building, which would be inviting for church services, whereby the forest edge had to be taken into account on behalf of the municipality. In May 1981, pastor Celie announced that the church board had chosen the architectural firm Renser Van Groningen from Boxmeer. The first stone was laid on 8 September 1985. Mgr. A. Castermans consecrated the church on 15 June 1986.

The first church was built in 1921 to a design by Joseph Franssen. This was destroyed by war in 1944 and replaced with the current one from 1952.

The first Sint-Odulpuskerk in Assendelft was built around 1410, but was transferred to the Protestants during the Reformation in 1582. The Catholics of Assendelft used clandestine churches in the centuries that followed , until a new church was built in 1853. However, this water board church turned out to be too small and dilapidated after a few decades, which is why it was decided to build a new church in 1883.

Beautiful neo-Gothic church with a defining tower. 1884 tower, spire destroyed by war in 1944, renewed in 1959. In the middle of last (which?) year the clock on the railway side in the tower of the Roman Catholic St. Odulphus Church stood still. Worn out. A restoration would cost over 7000 euros. A well-organized campaign yielded over 12,000 euros in a short time. The clock was restored in the fall of 2006. And with the money that was left over, the bell of the St. Odulphus Chapel next to the church could be repaired so that it can make its voice heard again.

Three-aisled neo-Gothic pseudo-basilica with west tower, built in 1913-1914 to a design by WAM te Riele. Main altar by FW Mengelberg with painted shutters by Jacob Ydema. Stations of the Cross (paintings by MC Schenk) supplied by Mengelberg in 1880 for the previous church. Single-manual organ from 1923 by the Gebr. Adema (Leeuwarden), the last organ they made with mechanical slider chests. The church is dedicated to Odulphus . In 1975 the roof of the church was destroyed by fire.

Three-aisled neo-Gothic pseudo-basilica with three-sided closed transept arms and a large "west" tower (church stands with axis, direction choir, to the southeast). Wooden barrel vaults.

Three-aisled neo-Gothic cruciform church with tower on the left side of the front. Octagonal baptistery on the right side of the front. Overhanging roofs all around. Angelus tower on the crossing. The transepts are not straight-closed but have a five-sided closure. Six-sided closed chancel. Brick interior. Organ from 1863 by G. Elberink, built for the predecessor of this church, converted in 1936 by B. Pels & Zoon (Alkmaar).

Single-nave (neo)romanesque church with tower. This is the southernmost church in the Netherlands. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

The Sint Pancratius Church was designed by architect JHH van Groenendael and built in 1924. The style is sober Neo-Gothic.

Roman Catholic Church, In its current form, the result of the enlargement in 1887, a three-aisled hall church, of which the northern and southern aisles have been extended along the tower. Of the old work, only the Bentheimer stone walls of the southern aisle and the row of arches between the central and southern aisles remain.