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To replace the demolished predecessor . Sober modern church with tower

Roman Catholic church 1845, elongated house of worship with built-in tower against which adjoins the rectory. In the bell spire a clock by Petit and Fritsen, 1892, 72 cm.

Modest modern church building, with detached metal bell tower.

St. Nicolaas, 1885-1887, JD van de Weide. Neo-Gothic cruciform basilica with a two-storey tower with balustrade, spire and pinnacles, supported by perpendicular and diagonal buttresses. Brick-built cluster pillars on hardstone bases, cross-ribbed vaults. A star vault over the crossing. Rose windows in the west facade of the tower and in the end gables of the transept. Plastered wall surfaces, structural parts treated as fair work. Neo-Baroque communion bench, now converted into an altar; neo-Gothic interior with the exception of the pulpit still present. A bronze baptismal font by the Brom brothers from 1933, carried by four prophets. Tub and lid with twelve biblical scenes and crowned with the scene of the baptism of Christ. Mechanical tower clock B. Eijsbouts, Asten, 1925, no. 871, later fitted with electric winding.

Three-aisled neo-Gothic pseudo-basilica with front tower, designed by G. te Riele. Stylistically influenced by the late Lower Rhine Gothic and by the work of A. Tepe. In 1933 drastically changed and expanded with a new transept and choir by J. Haket. On the choir tribune provided with letter panels a single-manual organ from 1900, made by Ludwig Schwarze (1858-1925) from Anholt. In the period January to June 2005 the church (1895, G. te Riele) was restored. The chancel in particular has been changed and is now much more functionally furnished. This means that the church can be given a multifunctional purpose, such as a concert hall. (54-05)

Beautiful neo-Gothic church without a real tower, therefore no role in the village image. The current church replaced a neo-Gothic church from 1861. Consecrated in 1905. Three-aisled neo-Gothic hall church without transept. Tower, right of the front facade, unfinished. Left of the front facade a staircase turret. Interesting late neo-Gothic church, in the style of churches by architect A. Tepe. In the choir beautiful stained glass windows, made by studio F. Nicolas & Zn, from 1906. Exterior and interior were restored in 3 phases in the years 2000-2010.

Small reconstruction church with tower, put into use as a Reformed Church in 1958. In use as such until 1972.

Historic church with beautiful roof turret. Destroyed by fire in 1862, then rebuilt. Destroyed by war in 1944. Rebuilt and expanded in 1952.

Traditionally, the parish of Odijk belonged to the archdeaconry of Oudmunster. In Odijk there were grounds, 'a court' which were successively in the hands of the German emperors (end of the 10th century), the archbishop of Cologne (until 1019), the Benedictine abbey of Deutz (until 1256) and finally of the count of Gelre. The oldest church building of Odijk, a chapel, probably stood within this court. This was probably a 'daughter' of the church of Werkhoven. In the 12th century, a Romanesque cruciform church with tower was built in Odijk. This church was probably dedicated to St. Heribert. In the sixteenth century, around 1547, the choir of this church was replaced by a late Gothic choir. In the 19th century, the tower, the transept and the nave were demolished. What remained, the choir, is the current Dutch Reformed Church (the 'white church'). During the Reformation, Odijk initially remained Roman Catholic. From 1564, Evert Aelbertsz. was pastor in Odijk and around 1593 he baptized Protestants and Catholics, depending on the denomination of the parents. After the death of this last Catholic pastor, the people of Odijk went to church in Bunnik (Rhinauwen castle), Blikkenburg castle south of Zeist and also to Rijsenburg castle. In 1718, a new church was built in the hamlet of Schoudermantel near Bunnik. This church became the heart of the Bunnik station, which also included Odijk.

Modern church, with small bell tower, dating from 1978-1979.