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The Hofburg Chapel is the oldest and main chapel of the Hofburg Palace and the chapel of the Habsburg House. A Romanesque chapel has existed since the 13th century and was extended in Gothic style from 1447 to 1449. Maria Theresa (1745-1765) ordered a Baroque reconstruction of the chapel, but the chapel regained its Gothic appearance in 1802. The chapel occasionally houses the famous Viennese Court Music Orchestra.

The Hoff church is a Romanesque brick church dedicated to the apostle Andrew. It was built of local cut sandstone, probably at the end of the 12th century. Originally, the church was in the form of a basilica with two longitudinal rows of columns that divided the church hall into three naves, the middle one having a higher ceiling than the naves. The tower, which rose above the centre of the roof, had as its foundations the choir wall and the first pair of pillars. The church burned down around 1500 and 1700. After the last fire, the church was heavily rebuilt and took the shape it has today.

Built from 1956 to 1960 as a Dutch Reformed Church, designed by A. Komter in mainly modernist style, with a strong sculptural characteristic due to partly streamlined shapes. Situated in the Hof van Delft district, in the west of Delft.

After the former church of the Apostolic Society from 1898 was demolished, a new church was built in 1980. In 2014, the Apostolic Society of Doetinchem merged with Velp/Arnhem. The church building was then put into use by the Hofkerk community. Since 1994, people in Doetinchem have also been worshipping under the name Gereformeerde Bond (GB). This movement within the Dutch Reformed Church joined the merger into the Protestant Church in the Netherlands in 2004. In Doetinchem, this group is fully part of the Protestant community. Here, it has the status of a district community: the Hofkerk community.

This originally Reformed church was built in 1711. This can still be read on the memorial stone above the entrance that the carpenter donated to the church. On both sides of this memorial stone are four coats of arms stones, and coats of arms stones are also built into the round arch above the entrance. The entire door is covered with large nails on the outside as protection against the axes of possible intruders. In 1966, the tower was renovated. In the church there is a beautiful pew (17th and 18th century) with a coat of arms supported by two unicorns on the canopy.

The church from 1933 replaced the so-called "Napoleon Church" on the Ganzenmarkt from 1809. Large hall church with tower, in expressionist forms.

Translated in English as the "Court Church" this is a church built by Emporer Ferdinand I in the 16th century as a dedication to his grandfather, Emporer Maximillian I. It houses a cenotaph dedicated to Emporer Maximillian which is surrounded by ornate statues from the German Renaissance. It also houses the tomb of Andreas Hofer, a Tyrolean hero during the Napoleonic wars.

The Court Church of St. Leodegar, usually called "Hofkirche", was built between 1633 and 1639 partly on the foundations of the Romanesque basilica which burned down in 1633. It is one of the few churches built north of the Alps during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) and one of the largest and most valuable churches of the late German Renaissance in terms of art history.

Neoclassical church building from 1841, architect A. Roodenburg. Hall church with round arch windows and a cove ceiling with hipped roofs. Articulation of the walls by Ionic pilasters. Neoclassical column front with pediment, above which wooden bell tower with open dome.

Church Centre, with small services.Extension of the Johannes de Doper church, on the south side, with halls and a separate entrance on the Hofweg.