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Interbellum church, characteristic work by J. Stuyt. Three-aisled basilica with a far projecting transept on either side. Tower to the right of the front facade. The exterior was plastered white until about the mid-1980s.

The Maaspoort parish was founded in 1985 for the residents of the large northern new residential area 'De Maaspoort'.

Iconic neo-Gothic church with a tower placed sideways, next to the choir. Around 1900, the church from 1772 became too small and it was decided to build a new church and parsonage. The architectural firm Cuypers/Stuyt was commissioned to do this. Father Cuypers was the builder of the Central Station and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Son Cuypers built the new St. Bavo Cathedral in Haarlem. The Holy Willibrord Church was therefore not built by just anyone. The church is a fine example of neo-Gothic church architecture from that period.

During the Reformation, the Catholics of Ruurlo attended church in Zwillbrock, just across the German border. From 1801, they had a barn church in their own municipality. In 1828, a new, larger church was completed. In its place, the current parish church, dedicated to St. Willibrordus, was built in 1869-1870, based on a design by Dr. Pierre Cuypers (1827 - 1921). The church, like that of Cuypers in neighbouring Kranenburg, was built thanks to a legacy from Baron Van Dorth tot Medler. The church was originally built as a single-nave hall church with a narrowed and straight-closed choir, side-mounted gables, and a front tower. The interior is covered by a wooden barrel vault.

The Sint-Willibrorduskerk in Bodegraven was designed around 1859 by Pierre Cuypers (1827 - 1921). It was consecrated in 1865. The building is a three-aisled cruciform basilica in brick, in a sober early Gothic style with pointed wooden barrel vaults. The nave is four bays deep and has a cross-shaped building that connects to the choir. The choir is one bay deep and is connected to rectangular radiating chapels. It is closed on five sides and is covered by brick vaults. The brickwork is made of grey-red brick and has braids and bands of yellow and black stone in the interior. The church was consecrated on 10 July 1865 by Mgr. Wilmer.

The current church dates from 1860 and is a typical work in the oeuvre of HJ Wennekers, built under the influence of the so-called stucco Gothic style.

Tower added in 1475. Church demolished in 1856, and replaced. The historic tower was then maintained.

The Roman Catholic St. Willibrordus Church was built in 1913-1914 to a design by Wolter te Riele (1867 - 1937) from Deventer and executed by contractor A. de Boer from Coevorden. The building is constructed in a simple neo-Gothic style. The interior paintings applied in 1925 by Fa. Cuypers from Roermond have disappeared. The interior is not protected.

Charming neo-Romanesque church with tower designed by AAJ Margry, built to replace a church from 1833.

Roman Catholic Church of St. Willibrord. Since the renovation and extension by architect C. Franssen in 1890-99, only some masonry remains of the 15th century church, namely the 3/8 closed choir, the transept and the substructure of the tower. Bell frame with two bells by W. Kaerwas, 1478, diam. 116 and 102 cm respectively. Mechanical tower clock, Van Dorst (Gilze), 1896, electrically wound.