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Plastered hall church, remnant of the former parish church (XV) that burned down in 1612, after which around 1627 only the nave was restored. Inventory: pulpit with wooden surround and two gentlemen's pews in Lod. XV style. Two psalm boards in Lod. XVI FRAME. Series of eight stained glass windows, around 1745, restored by Schouten in 1908 and for the second time in 1963. Originally a single-manual organ, made in 1773 by JHW Bätz and expanded in 1807 by F. Friedrichs, for the Mennonite Church in Haarlem. In 1934 transferred to the Bakenesserkerk. There it was combined with the organ from 1874 by JA Strobel to form a pneumatic organ with two manuals and free pedal. In 1996 the furniture of Bätz, including a significant number of registers of Bätz and Friedrichs, was purchased by the reformed community of Oostvoorne. Restoration and reconstruction in 2000 by AH de Graaf from Leusden. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Extension in 2001, rear extension.

Dutch Reformed Church. Late Gothic village church from the first half of the 16th century, consisting of a single-aisled nave with wooden bell tower (1810) and a three-bay deep, narrower choir with three-sided closure. West tower demolished in 1810. Windows with brick tracery; wooden barrel vaults with tie beams and corbels, the supporting stones of which have carved coats of arms. Restored 1956-1958. The inventory includes: simple pulpit, 17th century. with copper lectern and two candle holders; baptismal fence with twisted copper baptismal arch, crowned by the village coat of arms; carved choir fence, 17th century, with arched panels, balusters and a raised central section with pediment in the parapet; two lords' pews with canopies, in which coats of arms, the most beautiful dated 1662; a lords' pew without canopies, decorated with arched panels in the choir, 17th century; in the choir closure a richly carved epitaph for WH van Steenbergh, 1788; polychrome Ten Commandments board, 17th century; organ front from 1869; a copper chandelier, circa 1700; several tombstones, 16th and 17th century. Mechanical tower clock, Van Bergen, electric winding. A stone sundial is mounted in a buttress of the church.

Historic village church, formerly dedicated to St. Salvator. The small church tower is well under 48 m high (incorrect mention in RCE description).

The village church was also the first 'real' church in Santpoort in terms of size. Dutch Reformed, now PKN. Nowadays the church also offers shelter to all kinds of cultural activities. The first version of the village church dates from 1844. A slender and charming building that was created on the initiative of the miller. In 1916 the church burned down. The story goes that a drunken homeless person, who was looking for shelter from the cold, accidentally knocked over one of the two stoves, after which the church caught fire. There was almost nothing left. A year later, in 1917, the current church could be consecrated on the same spot. With money from the insurance, collections and generous gifts from wealthy Santpoorters from North and South. The contours of the burnt down church were adopted: a hall church with a tower in the middle, the roofs covered with slates. But the style that the Bloemendaal architects J. Mulder and JA van Asdonk gave the building was no longer light and charming but solid, quasi-Romanesque. The church got a sturdy square tower with a matching spire and semi-circular arch spans of windows, sound holes and portal. Funny thing is that the clock, which at that time still served as a watch for ordinary people, is not placed in the middle of the tower but on a corner.

Dutch Reformed Church. Originally a 13th century single-nave church, but significantly modified. Inventory: 18th century pulpit, wrought iron baptismal font holder. Originally a single-manual organ made in 1631 by A. Verbeeck for the Pepergasthuiskerk in Groningen. In 1697 it was rebuilt by Arp Schnitger and fitted with a free pedal. The Rugwerk was added in 1757 by AA Hinsz. In 1862 the organ was placed in Peize by P. van Oeckelen. Organ case 1785, instrument AA Hinsz.

Dutch Reformed Church. Spacious, single-nave cruciform church in Gothic style, built in 1657. Five-sided closed choir, which is narrower than the nave. Wooden barrel vaults with tie beams and corbels. Church restored 1957-1967. The inventory includes: pulpit, 17th century with copper lectern; two benches with arch panels, 17th century; four psalm boards, end of 18th century; four copper chandeliers, 18th century, one of which bears the date 1753. Organ with parapet with richly carved case in Louis XIV shapes. The organ with main work and positif, was made in 1773 by JJ Delahaye for the Walloon Church in Gouda and moved to Moordrecht in 1818. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Reformed Church on the Rudolphstichting. Interesting church with tower.

Reformed church. Cross church in neo-renaissance style, built in 1895 after a design by HJ Nederhorst. Protected because of the organ with two manuals and free pedal and 16 registers, dating from 1897, made by JF Witte (firm J. Bätz & Co.). The instrument, although not entirely preserved, is an example of the 19th century organ building tradition typical for the Netherlands. Entirely made according to the highest standards with the best materials at a classical craftsmanship level. In terms of sound technology characteristic of the period of origin in which the sound production is tailored to the function of the organ, namely a typical example of an instrument for the accompaniment of Calvinist congregational singing.

Dutch Reformed Church. Rectangular hall church, altered internally and externally in 1914, but mainly preserved in the form in which it was founded in 1678. Stately brick facade, decorated with natural stone carvings. Roof turret above the front facade. Internally sculpted pulpit, dated 1679. Entrance to the church grounds flanked by brick pillars with shield-bearing lions, coats of arms of Driewegen and Coudorpe. Bell tower with bell by Nicolaas Muller, 1734, diam. 70 cm. Mechanical tower clock, F. van de Kerkhof, 1906.