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Historic village church with tower. Formerly dedicated to Margaret of Antioch. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

The Margrethausen Monastery is a former Franciscan monastery founded in 1338 by the local lord Conrad von Tierberg. During the Thirty Years' War, the village and the monastery church were largely destroyed. The monastery church was rebuilt as early as 1707 and the consecration of the new monastery building took place in 1723, so that monastic life could continue. The monastery was dissolved in 1811 and the monastery buildings were then used as a school, teachers' residence and for local administration. Of the four former wings of the monastery, only the east wing, which directly adjoins the parish church, remains today.

The Mari church is a wooden church built in 1761. It was built on the basis of a will of the owner of the Vestby farm, Maren Kamph, who died in 1753. The will stipulated, among other things, that 3,000 riksdaler were to be used for the construction and maintenance of an annex church "bearing the name Mariæ church".

The Parish Church “Maria an der Straße” was built in the 1950s in the district of Pfandl, which belongs to Bad Ischl. It is the first driver pilgrimage church in Austria.

Well-maintained reconstruction church with roof turret. Built as a Reformed Church.

The Maria Church of Bears is a wonderful unit with the reconstruction of Uniastate. The church is quite somber from the outside, but has a rich interior inside. The church and Uniastate are very popular with bridal couples and day trippers.

The Maria church in Blessum dates from the thirteenth century but the tower is from a later date. The church is best known for its two special text signs from 1657. One of them contains the Ten Commandments and the other mentions the Battle of Boksum.

This plastered one-aisled church from the twelfth century was originally dedicated to Mary. The entrance portal from 1664 is very special: it is adorned with two lions and a vase from the broken stins Elgersmastate.

The church of Bornwird dates from the thirteenth century. The large-format brick church has no tower and no choir anymore. During the restoration in 1987, a mural of St. Christopher was discovered.

The Maria church of Foudgum is on the remains of a mound. Only a few parts of the tower remain of the original medieval Romanesque church. The current church building dates from 1808. The church is known for its predecessor Francois Haverschmidt (pseudonym Piet Paaltjens).