Protestantse Kerk
Nieuwe Niedorp, NL
Modern church with high historical tower of the previous demolished church.
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Nieuwe Niedorp, NL
Modern church with high historical tower of the previous demolished church.
Angeren, NL
Small reconstruction church, built to replace a church destroyed during the war.
Roswinkel, NL
Dutch Reformed Church. Nave from 1759, tower from 1853. Inventory: pulpit from 1662. Memorial board from 1759. Bell tower with bell from an anonymous founder, 1362, 83 cm. Vertical sundial on the south side of the church.
Midlum, NL
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.
Sint-Michielsgestel, NL
Originally a reformed church. Three-sided closed hall church with roof turret, lesenes and pointed arch windows, from 1801. Internal stucco vault.
Boxtel, NL
Reformed church. Elongated octagonal hall building from 1812, with blocked pilasters, pointed arch windows and roof turret. 17th century oak pulpit, organ from the first half of the 19th century, gravestones from 1820-1845.
Kortenhoef, NL
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.
Beuningen (Gld), NL
Extremely important Stuytkerk with dome and tower. Baroque altars. This church looks a lot like the (former) St. Egbertuskerk in Almelo (also tower and dome).
Oisterwijk, NL
The original parish church (Petrus' Banden) of Oisterwijk is returned to the Roman Catholics during the reign of King Lodewijk Napoleon. For an amount of ƒ 7,000, a new church for the Reformed (later Protestant) will be built. Mr. Hubert is given and accepts the assignment to design the drawings of the new church and to draw up the associated specifications, cost estimates, etc. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.
Oudenhoorn, NL
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.
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