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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).

Brick and old monk stones are the building blocks of the Kortezwaag church. The simple building has a sober interior, including a pulpit from the seventeenth century. The church is not often used.

Very large neo-Gothic church, with 2 staircase towers and 1 crossing tower, just outside (= east of) the historic centre of Nijmegen. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

The Maria Hemelvaartkerk (Church of Assumption of Mary) in Aardenburg was built in 1851. The original three-sided closed choir was replaced in 1927 by a choir and transept and crossing dome designed by JHH van Groenendael

The pilgrimage church of Maria Hilf was founded in 1984 as a chapel of the Capuchin monastery of Neumarkt. Due to the popularity of the chapel as a pilgrimage destination, a baroque church was built on the site from 1718 to 1727, its tower was completed later in 1757. After a period of decline in the 19th century due to the departure of the Capuchins in 1802, the church was restored as a place of pilgrimage by the Carmelites who founded a monastery nearby in 1907.

Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Gothic church with 15th century tower and early 16th century basilica nave, to which a transept and a three-sided closed choir were added in 1892-1893 by architect C. Franssen from Roermond. The net vaults in the old nave also date from that period. The tower has diagonal buttresses, a polygonal staircase tower at the south-east corner, and consists of three sections, of which the two lowest are filled with niches, the third with coupled sound holes in two rows above each other.

At the end of the 19th century, the village was repeatedly hit by floods. Even the church was flooded. In the year 1892 the building was enlarged by the construction of a new transept and the present choir. The baptistery was added in 1937 on the occasion of the silver festival of priests of pastor van de Kamp.

Maria Regina Martyrum is a Roman Catholic built in 1960-1963. The church was conceived as a tribute to the martyrs of the freedom of belief and conscience of the years 1933-1945. It is located near the place of execution of Nazi resistance fighters and opponents in Plötzensee prison, today the memorial Gedenkstätte Plötzensee.

The Maria-und-Martha-Kirche was first mentioned in 1359 in what is now Steinstraße. In 1382, its name appears in connection with a Maria-Martha hospital. The hospital and the church were destroyed by fire several times, in 1488, 1620 and 1686. During the strong growth of the city towards the east from about 1870, the old church was demolished and it was decided to build a new one. Between 1888 and 1891, the new Maria-und-Martha-Kirche was built as a catechism and garrison church in neo-Gothic style according to the plans of the Dresden architect Christian Schramm.