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This church represents the Protestant Reformed faith and has roots tracing back to the Reformation. The current building was established in the 19th century and has been a center for community worship ever since.

Dutch Reformed Church. From the late Gothic village church, the following were preserved during the construction of the neo-Gothic church in 1892: the foundations on which the new church was built, and the columns with capitals, provided with some curly cabbage leaf wreaths, as well as the arches of the nave. Two-manual organ, made in 1830 by H. Knipscheer. Bell frame with bell by G. van Hyntym from 1434, diam. 118 cm.

A small Romanesque church, largely made of tuff. The tower is 12th century, the nave perhaps even older. Both are decorated with arched friezes. The Gothic choir is 15th century.

Protestant church of the Protestant community of Dinther CA in the village centre of Dinther.

Neo-Romanesque church with a small tower.

The current Reformed Church of Hoogkarspel had two, probably three predecessors. The first church must have been a small tuff chapel that was later replaced by a late Gothic church dedicated to Laurentius. This church is at least mentioned in a deed from 1514. An engraving by H. Spilman after Cornelis Pronk from 1726 shows a church with a large tower. The building is briefly described in Van der Aa: '... an old building, that still stands well on its foundations and is provided with a tower with a stone spire. In the past, there was a house organ, which was donated to this church by Mr. P. van den Willigen, Councillor in the Vroedschap and Mayor of the city of Enkhuizen, but this was replaced in 1802 by a completely new one, which was paid for from the church fund. There is also a very neat and efficient public cemetery laid out in 1829, and a parsonage built in 1839, which is the most beautiful house between Hoorn and Enkhuizen. In 1859 the church was in such a bad state that "the Chief Engineer of the Water Board" was asked for advice on restoration or new construction. The latter was decided upon. The design for the new church came from D. and L. van der Tas, architects in Schiedam and Sloten. The foundation stone for the second church building was laid on 19 October 1860, and on 4 May 1862 the church was put into use. The very beautiful neo-Gothic church had, judging from old postcards, a matching interior. The building was a polygonal central structure of brick and stucco. Unfortunately, little of the old interior was saved and/or brought to the current church. The new church showed serious structural problems in 1909 due to subsidence due to an inadequate foundation. A major restoration prevented collapse, but only led to a postponement of the need for demolition and new construction. The new church was built in 1966, based on a design by the architects CH Bekink and J. Bijleveld. The church has a freestanding tower. It was built because the old church had become too large. On the north side of the current church, a number of gravestones from the first church can still be found in the pavement. It is not known whether they were removed from the old church and given a new resting place here or whether they were never moved from their place but suddenly ended up outside the church walls when the second and especially the third church became smaller.

Important reconstruction church with tower. With parts of the former church , badly damaged in 1945. Out of use as a Roman Catholic Church in 2015. The interior was converted into a theatre in 2015-2016. The Theatre Church opened its doors on 28 October 2016.

Modern church. Inaugurated on July 4, 1965. Built to replace a Chapel of the Reformed Evangelisation Association Dalerpeel/Nieuwe Krim, from 1920.

Reformed Church and tower on spacious churchyard. Small church rebuilt in 1850 in a characteristic style for that period with plaster window frames and plastered fields above. Brick saddle roof tower with low extended staircase tower; tower vault on sandstone corbels. Epitaph from 1550 in the tower portal. 17th century pulpit tub carved into the church; younger rear bulkhead and sounding board. An 18th century gravestone and a bell from 1629 in the tower. Organ from 1889, wind chest by the Gebr. Franssen, partly older pipework.

Historical church with tower. Also called Mariakerk. Built in 1686. From 1686 to 1791 the Walloon Reformed Church also used the building.