Best, NL

Gereformeerde Kerk (Vrijgemaakt)

Large modern round church, with a freestanding rectangular tower, containing two bells. This Roman Catholic church has also been used by the Reformed Church (Liberated) since 2000. In the autumn of 2010, this church building was officially sold to the Reformed Church (Liberated). The Roman Catholic St. Lidwina parish has merged with the Roman Catholic parish of St. Antonius van Padua, with a (beautiful) church on Wilhelminaplein in Best. The parish church of St. Lidwina (1965, L. de Bever), on Raadhuisstraat 209, was closed for Roman Catholic worship in the summer of 2009. From 2000, the Reformed Church (Liberated) held services in the Roman Catholic St. Lidwina church. Since the autumn of 2010, the building has officially only been used as the Reformed Church (Liberated), with the name "Lidwinakerk". In 2010, the church community decided to buy the Roman Catholic church building.

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Heilige Odulphus

Beautiful neo-Gothic church with a defining tower. 1884 tower, spire destroyed by war in 1944, renewed in 1959. In the middle of last (which?) year the clock on the railway side in the tower of the Roman Catholic St. Odulphus Church stood still. Worn out. A restoration would cost over 7000 euros. A well-organized campaign yielded over 12,000 euros in a short time. The clock was restored in the fall of 2006. And with the money that was left over, the bell of the St. Odulphus Chapel next to the church could be repaired so that it can make its voice heard again.

Heilige Antonius van Padua

Built in the Wilhelminadorp district, in the south of Best. Architecturally important reconstruction church in traditionalist forms, derived from Romanesque. Three-aisled design with wide central nave, based on the concept of the people's church. Low, squat tower with tent roof above the choir. Many interesting details, including a series of stained glass windows. At the end of 2012, unrest and resistance arose within this parish against the plans to form a merger parish with Oirschot. After intensive consultation, this merger parish was realized and bears the name Sint-Odulphus van Brabant.

Hervormde Kerk

Built as a Dutch Reformed Church in the Wilhelminadorp district, in the south of Best..

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