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Characteristic hall church without tower. Renovated and extended.

Reformed Church with tower on churchyard. In construction still 13th century brick church building with tower, later bricked up. In the churchyard a number of 17th and 18th century gravestones. Single manual organ made in 1811 by L. van Dam. Bell tower with chiming of two bells, one of which by anonymous founder from the 15th century?, diam. 67 cm. and one by Reinerus, 1476, diam. 81 cm. Mechanical wrought iron tower clock, 17th century, has been decommissioned. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

There used to be a church building here . There was already a small church in the 11th century. The church building from the 15th and 16th centuries, which was known for its leaning tower, was only partly used by the Reformed community. At that time, there were still remains of old frescoes in the building. On April 23, 1945, the church was destroyed by the Germans.

Dutch Reformed Church. Tower exterior tuff stone circa 15th century. Single-nave nave and choir (15th century).

The Reformed Church consists of a simple 16th century nave, rebuilt in 1611. The choir has been demolished. Interior: niches under the windows. Oak pulpit (17th century). The steeply sloping 14th century tower has three sections. On either side of the pointed arch above the entrance are niches with brick trefoils, which also appear on a frieze of the round staircase tower, the masonry of which is enlivened with glazed heads. The buttresses were probably added in the 16th century, the bell storey was raised and the entrance was changed. The stone vault in the tower has been broken out; its wall columns are provided with small capitals. Bell tower with clock by Johannes Burgerhuys, 1613, diam. 70 cm. Lower in the tower, in a clock case, is a mechanical tower clock, according to the nameplate: B. Eijsbouts, 1922, decommissioned.

Historical church with roof turret, Originally a Gothic church building, now consisting only of a single-aisled nave of seven bays, with a wooden roof turret on the ridge and an extended portal against the east facade. The church is oriented and stands on the spacious, moated churchyard in the centre of the village.

Dutch Reformed Church from the end of the 15th century. Single-nave nave and narrower choir without buttresses, probably from the same period as the tower. Nave largely renewed later. Single-manual organ, made in 1871 by H. Knipscheer for the Reformed Church in Veessen. After a temporary stay in the Reformed Church in Andijk, the organ was restored in 1974 by Verschueren Orgelbouw and placed in Kortenhoef. Bell frame with bell by Johannes Dop, 1641, diam. 120.5 cm. Mechanical tower clock by Eijsbouts, 1923.

Historic village church with tower. Nieuwenhoorn is a small village north of Hellevoetsluis. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Single-nave church with five-sided closure, covered internally by a wooden barrel vault, rebuilt in 1680 on the site of a cruciform Gothic church, restored in 1966/67. Baptismal font XV; pulpit XVIIb/c. Baptismal gate XVII; covered oak pew with three cartouches, 1634; Ten Commandments board 1687; old oak door in the entrance to the organ; two wooden lions on the organ gallery; copper baptismal arch and candle arm XVII B, three large sixteen-armed crowns XVIIb/c, candlestick arm. Organ with main work and upper work made in 1878 by L. van Dam and Sons.

Dutch Reformed Church. Simple Gothic church from 1794 with a bell spire above the west facade from 1869. Internal oak pulpit (recently painted pastel) with sounding board. Bell tower with bell by N. Rogier, 1629, diam. 110.5 cm. Mechanical wrought iron tower clock, ca. 1870. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.