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Modern rectangular church with detached tower. Built as a Reformed church.

Built as a Reformed church. Formerly called Zuiderkerk. Nice neo-church with tower. Severely damaged by fire (or fire-setting) in 1998, restored in 1999. Before the fire, the interior of this church had already been extensively modernized.

Extremely interesting, relatively large, reconstruction church with an important freestanding tower. Built as the Reformed Western Church, replacing an earlier building with the same name in the Eindhoven-Strijp district, on the Koenraadlaan. Shortly after it was put into use, in 1956, due to the construction of the 3rd Reformed Petra Church in Eindhoven-Stratum, it was renamed the Maranatha Church, at the same time as the older Reformed "Ooster Church" on the Fazantlaan, architect Tj. Kuipers, was renamed the Immanuël Church. In 1974 (in the context of ecumenical cooperation Samen op Weg) it was also used as the Dutch Reformed Church, after the demolition of the Dutch Reformed Schootse Church in the same Strijp district (this important Schootse Church was subsequently put into use, and is still in use, as a Christian Reformed Church). This Maranatha Church was decommissioned as the Dutch Reformed and Reformed Church in 1995; sold that year to, and since then in use by, the Pentecostal Church of Eindhoven, with the name "Maranatha Church" unchanged.

Former company building. In 1989 converted into Dutch Reformed Maranatha Church. A metal bell tower was added at that time, containing one bell.

Modern church without tower.

The current Reformed Maranatha Church (1971) at Peursumseweg 15 was built behind the previous Maranatha Church (built in 1913). When the current church was put into use, the demolition of the old church began. The first Maranatha Church from 1913 was built following the merger of two congregations: the Reformed Church of Giessen-Nieuwkerk and the Reformed Church of Giessen-Oudekerk. In 1913, the name of the church community became: Reformed Church Giessen-Nieuwkerk and Giessen-Oudekerk. Since 1957, the name has been Reformed Church Giessenburg (due to the merger of three civil municipalities). The Reformed Churches of Giessen-Nieuwkerk and Giessen-Oudekerk both have separate histories:

Construction started in 1953, but the actual construction did not start until 1954 on a vacant lot where the Hunzestraat, Kuinderstraat and Uiterwaardenstraat meet in the Rivierenbuurt.

Modern church with tower. Extension 1990, including partial demolition of old part.

The Maranathakerk

The Märcani Mosque, one of the largest mosques in Russia, was one of the symbols of the tolerance granted by Empress Catherine II (1762 - 1996) to non-Christian Russian communities at the end of the 18th century. This mosque remains the historical centre of Tatar-Muslim spirituality. The mosque was built in 1766-1770 and is the first stone mosque built in Kazan after it was taken by Ivan Terrible in 1552. The building was constructed in the tradition of medieval Tatar architecture with a minaret on the roof and forms in the provincial baroque style. In the decoration of the facades and interiors, the architectural decoration of the Petrine Baroque is combined with the decorative motifs of Tatar decorative art.