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This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

After the Roman Catholic church was plundered by the Watergeuzen in 1572, a separate church was built here in 1573. The current church was built in 1862-1863. Romanesque pseudo-basilica with a partially built-in tower, designed by Th. Molkenboer. Enlarged in 1912 with a transept and a new choir. Internally plastered barrel vaults. Organ with two manuals by L. Ypma from 1879, restored by Vermeulen in 1984.

Late neo-Gothic church with tower. This is the last church designed by architect Jan Stuyt.

Neo-Romanesque church with tower. Forms a beautiful ensemble with all the preserved outbuildings and the cemetery behind the church.

Replaced barn church from 1752. Single-nave neo-Gothic church with tower, built in 1854-1856. Internal plastered vaults. Altar, pulpit and other furnishings from the construction period, probably from Louis Veneman. Organ by Gebr. Adema from 1856. Neo-Gothic front designed by Dirk Ypma.

St. John the Baptist's Church is a late Gothic choir with a three-sided closure, 16th century. Internal corbels with sculpted heads and as the final piece of the vault a wooden bust of St. John the Baptist. Vault paintings. The inventory includes a Crucifix, 16th century, a Madonna statue, 16th century and three statues of St. John the Baptist, respectively 15th, 16th and 19th centuries. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

During the Second World War, the church of Nieuwstadt was located where the front stopped in September 1944. It is therefore one of the few churches around Sittard that suffered considerable war damage. The first shelling took place between 19 and 29 September 1944 by the Americans, which incidentally caused little damage. On 12 November 1944, however, when the Americans were in Nieuwstadt, the Germans started firing back with much heavier material. This happened in the morning hours, when a Holy Mass was in progress. The shelling lasted for three quarters of an hour, during which one person was fatally hit and the church suffered considerable damage. This was repeated two days later, but now no one was injured. On 21 November 1944, the English relieved the Americans and Nieuwstadt was evacuated. The village suffered from German grenade and mortar fire for another four months. (Source: [1]

Neo-Romanesque church with tower. Replaced a barn church from 1775. In 2017 celebration of the 125th anniversary of this church building. Also restoration of church and tower.

Modern church with tower. Consecrated 26 February 1972. Replaced an earlier Roman Catholic church building. The building is partly used as the De Vier Trappen Health Centre.

Very important, large, late neo-Gothic church with double tower front and high roof turret. Main work by architect CF van Hoof. Replaced the predecessor of this church . In the late Middle Ages, churches were held in Loon op Zand and Sprang, until the church of Sprang came into Protestant hands in 1609. The Catholics of Kaatsheuvel could now go to church in a farm, on the spot where the Nieuwe Markt is now. It was not until 1736 that Catholics were allowed to build churches again, but with restrictions. This is how the barn churches came into being. The barn church of Kaatsheuvel stood on the spot where the parish centre is now. The parish in Kaatsheuvel was founded in 1796 by separating from the old parish of Loon op Zand. Ultimately, the first stone church was not built until 1835: the Waterstaatskerk, see there. In 1911, pastor Volker suggested plans for new construction. The new church was built next to the Waterstaatskerk and consecrated on July 5, 1913.