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Neo-Gothic church building with high tower from 1956-1957, designed by the architectural firm Th.J. van Elsberg (Almelo). The church was built using demolition material from the previous church, designed by A. Tepe, which was partially destroyed in April 1945. The furnishings and interior date from the period after the reconstruction. The stained glass windows were designed by AP Stokhof-De Jong and depict scenes from the Old and New Testaments.

Roman Catholic church with front tower, built in 1869-1870 in neo-Gothic style to a design by architect P. Soffers. The interior was completed in 1871 and the church was consecrated on 2 May 1871. The bricks for the construction came from the nearby former brickworks in the Burgpolder.

The church is mentioned in the 11th century as part of the then parish of St. Laurentius in Voerendaal.

Neo-Romanesque church with tower. In 1994 new spire, repair of damage after earthquake in 1992.

The area in which Maartensdijk is located was given to Willebrord, the first bishop of Utrecht, by the Frankish state authorities at the beginning of the 8th century. It was part of an extensive peat landscape. In order to make the area productive, the bishops gave plots of land in fief to vassals to develop. These vassals included not only citizens, but also religious institutions such as the Utrecht chapter of St. Maarten (The Cathedral Chapter).

Brick church in traditional forms with a tower. Built in 1939-1940 to a design by AW and BPJ Oomen from Oosterhout. Wide central nave with low and narrow side aisles and low transept arms. Organ, originating from an unknown monastery in Flanders, probably built around 1700 by Jacobus van Eynde. In 1909 placed in the then church of Schijf and restored in 1985 by Vermeulen (Weert). The church building replaced an older neo-Gothic church by Soffers.

Brick tower built in the middle of the 14th century, raised in the 16th century and provided with a constricted spire. In 1867, the current neoclassical church building was built against the remaining tower to replace the associated medieval church. It is said that the stones of the former church were used for the foundation of the new building. Inventory from the construction period.

Three-aisled church with transept and a tower at the side that defines the image in traditionalist, neo-Gothic forms. The main nave (central nave) is, in accordance with the Roman Catholic liturgical wishes of the early twentieth century, wide; the side aisles are narrow and serve as walkways.

Older church and monastery. Built in 1809 under temporary kingship of Louis Napoleon, hence the nickname "Louis' Church". Extension of the choir in 1871. Demolished in 1933 to make way for the construction of the current St. Martin's Church .

Roman Catholic Church. Tower of marl. approx. 1400; the upper section decorated with trefoil frieze and corner pilasters. Three-aisled nave approx. 1850, transept and choir, 1884, neo-Gothic. In the nave three pairs of columns with Maas capitals, XV, from the old nave. Tombstone of Herman van Bronckhorst 1512. In the churchyard stone grave cross 1743. Mechanical tower clock, German type, circa 1900-1930, later fitted with electric winding.* The tower clock was lost to fire in 2004.