Breda, NL

Heilige Maria Middelares

Roman Catholic church and rectory, built in 1933/1934 to a design by the architect Jac. Hurks in Roosendaal. The foundation stone was laid on 16 July 1933. The architecture of the church is expressionistic, but tends towards the interbellum style. The church is said to have been designed on the metre of a triangle according to the golden ratio, visible in the triangular front of the church. The shape of the crossing tower is derived from Frisian, North German and Danish church architecture (with saddle roof), a traditional element that does not fit well with the experimental design based on geometric shapes.

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Heilige Laurentius

Very monumental neo-Gothic church with heavy crossing tower, which is 60 m high. Interior (too) heavily simplified in the 1960s.

Laurentiuskerk

In 1261 there was mention of a chapel, and since 1316 there was mention of an independent parish in the village of Ginneken, which was dedicated to Saint Lawrence. The oldest parts of the current building are however late Gothic and date from the middle of the 15th century. It is a single-nave cruciform church with a west tower. In 1630 there was a fire that destroyed a large part of the church, but the choir and transept were preserved. There was also a fire in 1649. The church was restored in 1928 and in 1940 the nave was rebuilt. The built-in tower dates from the 14th century and was changed in 1649 .

Zandbergkerk

Built as a Reformed church with the name Zandbergkerk. Characteristic Reformed church building of Plooij, without tower, but with roof turret at the crossing.

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