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NH Church. Modest freestanding hall church, hipped roof and roof turret and ball pirons. On the south side consistory built under a lean-to roof. Bell tower with bell by JA de Grave, 1720, diam. 64 cm.

The protestant Church of Oosterhout was commissioned in 1900. The church had an old steel bell tower (or tower), which was removed. After that it took some time until a new steel bell tower was built. This church is now listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.

Five-sided closed church with built-in tower, provided with constricted spire. The church was built in 1658 and restored in 1838. Internally a pressed barrel vault. Pulpit, baptismal fence and pews from the 17th century. Single manual organ from 1907, made by the Gebr. Spanjaard (Alkmaar).

The hall church from 1906 has a wooden facade tower with a constricted spire on the north side An extension was built on the south side. The organ from 1869 was made by Adema and is a national monument because it has been preserved in its original state. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Nice church with a big tower. In 2002 Samen op Weg (SOW) church together with the Dutch Reformed Church. Redesigned in 2004.

Simple neoclassical hall church with facade tower. Internally gently curved wooden barrel vault.

Modern church. Inaugurated on July 4, 1965. Built to replace a Chapel of the Reformed Evangelisation Association Dalerpeel/Nieuwe Krim, from 1920.

In 1575, the previous church was largely destroyed by fire. The nave of this church was rebuilt in its original state. The ruins of the choir were never restored. The church was severely damaged by salt water during the flood disaster of 1953. After the disaster, the church was thoroughly restored. The tower was straightened. On 17 July 1958, a new organ was put into use. Because the salt water had penetrated deep into the walls, the plaster layer of the walls regularly came loose. The inside of the walls was thoroughly restored in 1997. A new layer of plaster was applied, which means that the problem of the walls coming loose will probably be a thing of the past. The church is called Sint-Alardskerk.

This architecturally very interesting, special church (architect JA Smits), with a small tower, was called the "Small Church" since the local SOW / PKN process, opposite the Reformed "Large Church" of Tj. Kuipers. In the long term, the PKN Halfweg-Zwanenburg only wanted to maintain this "Small Church", which was being restored and redesigned for this purpose from around the end of 2009 to spring 2011. Delays in the implementation of these plans arose due to the fact that all of this had to be financed from the proceeds of the (eventually to be demolished) Reformed "Large Church". In terms of architecture and layout, this Small Church is somewhat similar to Anglican churches and cathedrals in Great Britain, especially the elongated and straight-ended choir.

Charming little neo-Gothic church with tower.