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Built in 1950. Facades and materials: post-war church made of hand-moulded bricks, situated on an artificial hill, with a small cemetery with graves, including JH Boll (1924).

In the churchyard stands the large mid-15th century village church with a somewhat younger tower raised in 1615. On the south side entrance gate with inscription about tower restoration 1664. Carved corbels in the choir closure. Internal wooden barrel vault, against which a stucco vault was placed in the nave in 1870. The original vault is still visible in the separated choir. Pulpit from 1659 with baptismal fence and baptismal font on arm. Organ gallery with carved panels. Organ with main work and lower positive, made around 1840 by W. van Gruisen. Under the wooden floor on gravestone by Vincent Lucas 1550 and a 17th century carved gravestone. In one of the windows small pieces of stained glass with representations of an ox. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Dutch Reformed Church. Simple hall building from 1815. Bell tower with clock by Bakker and Pootman, diam. 45 cm. The first Reformed Church, on the Zwaluwsedijk, was destroyed during the war in 1944. A new Reformed Church was built on the Grintweg in 1953, based on a design by C. van der Bom. After the formation of the PKN community, the last service was held in that church on 21 August 2005. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

The church was restored between early 2000 and spring 2007. The restoration plan was drawn up by the architectural firm Jelle de Jong in Lemmer. That does not mean that there were no churchgoers in the church for seven years. First, the tower was restored. Then the exterior and interior of the church followed. And church services continued as much as possible. 18 gravestones were removed from under the floor. Two of these were very old. The squat (gallery) has disappeared. It was needed at the time when a liberal minister came to Wommels and many churchgoers from Wommels came to Kubaard. After an open house on 21 April 2007, the restored church was officially put back into use. (53-05/58-07)

Single-nave, predominantly yellow brick (various sizes), slate-roofed CHURCH BUILDING with semi-circular closed choir and unarticulated saddle roof tower. The 12th-century Romanesque tower was raised in the 13th century during the construction of the Romanesque church. The top of the tower was renewed, possibly in the 18th century. Deep-set round-arched and pointed-arched windows with glazing bars. Access on the south side under a pointed arch. The nave is covered by a wooden barrel vault, possibly from after a fire in 1524. The inventory includes a pulpit from 1633, a baptismal fence and several pews with balls on the corners and cheeks with heads in early Renaissance style (ca. 1560). Furthermore, some tombstones and a funeral board. In the tower a belfry with a bell by W. Wegewaert, 1603, diameter 81 cm.

Reformed Church and tower on churchyard. Single-nave church building with three-sided closure, according to the inscription above the entrance on the west side built in 1718 and provided with a tower in 1765. In the church pulpit with carved panels between fluted columns on the tub, cartouche on which coat rack knob, sounding board and stairs. all benches from the construction period with knobs. In the tower bells from 1775 and 1812. Organ by JF Wenthin 1785 on a swivelled balustrade with lectern.

In 1408 a chapel dedicated to St. Sebastian was already mentioned. In 1449 the church was enlarged. In 1544 Ilpendam had a parish church. As a result of the Eighty Years' War the church was largely destroyed. Remains from the old church are the roguish statues in the choir closure. During the Reformation the church was transferred to the Dutch Reformed Church. A definitive reconstruction took place in 1656. The church then got its current form. In the years 1723, 1850, 1922, 1946 and 1984 the church was restored. The last major maintenance took place in 2004/2005.

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

Beautiful neoclassical church with tower. Restoration in 1947. In Bovensmilde, along the Drentse Hoofdvaart, lies the site with the Reformed Church and associated parsonage. Due to its intactness and beautiful location, the complex was declared a national monument in 1995. These national monuments are of both cultural-historical and architectural-historical importance. In 2010, the church building was transferred by the owner, the Protestant community of Bovensmilde, to Het Drentse Landschap. The parsonage followed in 2015. The church was built between 1868 and 1870 and is a so-called Waterstaatskerk. Such churches were built in the period 1824-1875 with financial support from the national government. The building has neoclassical features, such as the symmetrical construction and the use of pediments and cornices. The parsonage dates from 1862 and is eclectic in style. The parsonage is a national monument.

Beautifully situated church with tower from 1671. Expanded several times. Especially from the churchyard clearly visible.