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Built as a Dutch Reformed Church in the Wilhelminadorp district, in the south of Best..

Although the H. Severinus chapel stood here around 1350, the current church was only built around 1850. An old schoolroom from 1658 was converted into a church in 1851. This created a hall church with barrel vaults. The addition of two side wings with portals in 1937 changed this design. The front facade has two pointed arch windows and a round window. Striking is the climbing arch frieze in which pointed arches and entire circle shapes are also incorporated, as well as the clock face. The facade is crowned with a small bell tower.

Reformed church and churchyard, consisting of a simple nave from 1663 at a large, partly 12th century tower, made of tuff stone at the bottom, higher up of brick; under the slates the spire also consists of brick. Above the entrance of the church on the south side memorial stone from 1663. In the church pulpit, rear bulkhead and sounding board, baptismal fence; behind the pulpit late 18th century marble tomb for UA Rengers and family. Bell tower with the sound of two bells by P. Overney, 1682 and 1683, diameters respectively: 81 cm. and 96 cm.

The Reformed Church of Oude and Nieuwe Wetering originally belonged to the church in Leimuiden. The first minister, Rev. Johan Vossius, was there from 1578–1579. Single-nave church on a T-shaped plan, created by expanding a small church built parallel to the road in 1691 with a wing perpendicular to it in 1843. Hexagonal wooden bell tower at the intersection of the roofs. In the church covered by wooden barrel vaults a pulpit, late 17th century, with a carved coat of arms on the sounding board and a copper lectern from 1696. Furthermore a carved organ case from 1784 and two psalm boards in a carved frame, around 1700. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Important interbellum church. The Herv. church of Emmer-Compascuum (De Runde ZZ 108) is a straight closed hall church with a side standing unarticulated tower with saddle roof. The church, built in 1925, shows business-expressionist details. (Source: DBL)

Very interesting early neo-Gothic village church with tower. The interior of the church has been largely restored to its original state. The pulpit dating from 1834 is striking. (59-08)

Reformed Church in Driezum

The oldest, Romanesque, part is the base of the tower and the two westernmost bays. This part was built around 1200. A few decades later, the building was extended in Romanesque Gothic style, with a recessed semicircular apse being built on the east side. The beautiful brickwork was hidden for years by a layer of plaster. Halfway through the 20th century, the church was restored, with the brickwork being made visible again. (Source: [1] )

The Reformed Church of Sleeuwijk has existed since 1618. For centuries, church services were held in the 'Old Church' at Kerkeinde, a few kilometres outside the village.

Interesting reconstruction church with roof turret. Replaced a historic church destroyed by war.