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Interesting modern church with tower. Built in 1965 as the Reformed Church "Light of the World" in the then new Steenvoorde district. Hall church with ancillary rooms on a partly elliptical floor plan and built in sober, partly sculptural forms, visible in the slightly curved and asymmetrically designed tower facade. Characteristic and monumental, so-called glass appliqué wall by J. Vegter from the construction period. It was decided that the Reformed Light of the World Church, built in 1965 by LP van der Gaag, would become the PKN church for that district. A new name for the church was also sought. The choice fell on "New Church". On October 10, 2004, the first celebration took place after the church was redesigned. The Dutch Reformed Reconciliation Church in this district was decommissioned around that time and converted into a health center, almost unrecognizably. Since October 2004, the Protestant Community of Rijswijk has only used the Old Church (historic village church) in addition to this New Church.

Important, well-preserved, large interbellum church with a roof turret at the crossing.

Interesting, functional, large reconstruction church, with a high freestanding tower, containing about 10 bells. Like the Old Church, the New Church is used by a Reformed parish with a Reformed Bond signature.

Originally built as Roman Catholic St. Ursula Church. Extremely important historical church building with high tower. The tower is the second highest church tower in the Netherlands, 109 m (the Dom in Utrecht is the highest at 112 m).

Large neoclassical hall church ("water board style"). Built as Dutch Reformed New Church. Wooden tower from 1843. Important design by architect HH ​​Dansdorp, whose main work is the neoclassical Roman Catholic St. Joseph Church in Haarlem. Decommissioned as Dutch Reformed Church in the early 1970s.

Important interbellum church with tower. Renovated 1993. Reformed Federation church.

Interesting interbellum church with a tower placed on the side. Built as the Dutch Reformed Church. This church building looks very much like the (still existing) Dutch Reformed New Church in Huizen.

Built as the Reformed Resurrection Church. Architecturally extremely important modern church building with tower. Nominated in 2013 and registered as a national monument in 2015. This church contains various objects, including several stained glass windows, from the Dutch Reformed Pniël Church, which was demolished in the late 2000s.

Church building in the shape of a Greek cross built in clean brickwork under saddle roofs covered with grey clay tiles. Front facade (O) with a central risalit that suggests a three-aisled church. The risalit is closed off by corner pilasters with natural stone cover plates and is provided with a drip moulding. Centrally placed entrance under a round arch with archivolts. The wooden doors with iron fittings are under a natural stone calf with a vertically divided, round-arched fanlight above it. Above the entrance three high round-arched windows with stained glass. In the top a small round-arched window. The side facades of the risalit contain doors under segmental arches with sandstone springers. In the recessed parts of the front facade are small round-arched windows. Side facade (S) consisting of a projecting facade section on the left (the end facade of a transept arm) and a recessed facade section on the right with a four-sided chapel. In the recessed part of the facade and the chapel several round arch windows. In the risalit an entrance under a round arch, above which a very large round arch window with stained glass is placed. The northern transept arm also contains such a round arch window. In the rear facade several small round arch windows. Fairly sober INTERIOR with balconies, supported by natural stone columns with Corinthian capitals and galleries. Panelled ceiling with ceiling beams supported by corbels. Original pulpit consisting of a marble base with wooden superstructure.

New Church. Beautiful tower built in 1613 by Lieven de Key against the older St. Anna Church, which was replaced in 1645-1649 by the current one designed by Jacob van Campen, stone with inscription east facade. The church is a sober hall building with a wide rectangular floor plan, wider than its predecessor in little harmony with the tower. Internally divided by four pillars in a Greek cross with wooden barrel vaults and the quadrangular sections of flat ceilings. Beautiful prayer room - poor modern glazing. Freestanding pulpit, square tub from the construction period. Originally a choir organ of the St. Bavo in Haarlem, made in 1523 by J. van Covelen. In 1791 transferred to the New Church by HH Hess. He made a new two-manual instrument using much pipework from the older organ. The Pedal was installed on either side of the organ in 1862 by H. Knipscheer. Restored by Van Vulpen in 1985. Bell frame with clock by Cyprianus Crans, 1749, diam. 98 cm. Mechanical tower clock, 1795.