Heilige Laurentius

Built as a Reformed Church. Now a church of the Protestant Community of Gastel and Kruisland. A classicist hall church in the so-called Waterstaat style. It dates from 1811 and is a gift from King Louis Napoleon. After a restoration in 1960, the church was restored again in 2000. In addition to the renovation of the exterior, which was carried out by contractor Van Agtmaal, the interior was tackled by the Gastelse former furniture maker Van der Zee, who refurbished the pews and made a new pulpit and cross. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Originally a single-nave neo-Gothic church with a tower, designed by JJ van Langelaar. In 1923, two side aisles were added. This added 278 seats. This was very much needed, because the parish was growing. It was an expensive renovation for that time; the costs were approximately 36,000 guilders. In 1944, during the Second World War, the church was blown up by the Germans. In 1958, they started rebuilding the church. In 1958, the church was partially put back into use, and in 1959 the two bells were inspected, which were placed in the then rebuilt tower in 1960. In later years, much has happened to the interior. The church has lost many of its original paintings, but is now lighter and more adapted to the times.

The initiator of this remarkable church in the 1860s was pastor Willem Hellemons. He was assisted by two parishioners: Theodorus Philippus Florschütz (1823-1886), 'drawing master' at the Saint Louis Institute and Jacobus Johannes van Tilborg (1830-1897), a local carpenter. Florschütz is credited with painting the penditives or spandrels of the large dome with the four Evangelists. The old St. Agatha Church in St. Bernaertstraat, Oudenbosch (1513, demolished 1882) was in poor condition and was becoming too small for the ever-growing number of parishioners. In 1865, work on the church was started, with the most famous Dutch architect of that time as its most important advisor: Pierre Cuypers (1827-1921). The church was built after the example of St. Peter's in Rome and consecrated on 14 September 1880 by Mgr. H. van Beek, the third bishop of Breda. The Antwerp sculptor Frans de Vriendt was responsible for 44 of the 50 large statues in the church, including the statue of Salvator Mundi on the front facade, which is over 4 metres high. The bell from the tower of the old church was put back into use in 1892.