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Dutch Reformed Church. Rectangular hall church with wooden barrel vault and tie beams, lit by round arch windows, 18th century. Simple tower with constricted spire, probably from 1721. The inventory includes: a pulpit in Louis XVI forms with a copper lectern and baptismal fence holder. A baptismal fence with a copper baptismal arch from the same period and a precentor's lectern. Four simple benches, two of which with a canopy, 18th century. Three copper crowns, 18th century. Some tombstones from the 16th and 17th centuries. Single manual organ, made in 1809 by PJ Geerkens. Restored in 1982 by Leeflang Orgelbouw. ​​Bell frame with bell by P. Waghevens, 1503, diam. 82 cm and a bell by an anonymous founder, 14th or 15th century, diam. 60.5 cm.

traight-ended single-nave church with attached consistory and a large tower with three sections, with buttresses, a semicircular staircase tower and an octagonal spire. The tower dates from the 14th century. The originally 15th century nave was destroyed in 1572 and rebuilt in 1585. The remains of the choir were demolished in 1610. The church was renovated in 1822 and was given a new ceiling in 1886. Pulpit from around 1650. 17th century armorial lions on natural stone gateposts at the entrance to the church grounds. Mechanical tower clock, J. van de Kerkhof, electric winding, is out of use. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Historic village church, formerly dedicated to St. Salvator. The small church tower is well under 48 m high (incorrect mention in RCE description).

Dutch Reformed Church. Late Gothic building, substructure tower (14th century), raised 15th B; choir mid 15th; transept and chapels against the tower 15th B; nave replacing an older one, 16th. Restored ca. 1920-1934. Rectangular choir, three-aisled nave, of which the side aisles have gables with hipped roofs on each bay. Simple brick columns, barrel vaults with tie beams. Inventory: partly late Gothic choir screen, pulpit 1774, lords' pews and text boards (17th), many tombstones. In the southern transept fresco, depicting the Last Judgement, ca. 1500. Organ with main work, upper work and free pedal, made in 1860 by WH Kam (Dordrecht) for the Poor Church (Bethlehemskerk) in The Hague. Purchased in 1977, restored by Fama & Raadgever and placed in Poortugaal. In the church a bell of an anonymous founder, 1525, diam. 116.5 cm.

Freestanding brick church on a street corner, dating in its main form from 1644, with an entrance gate under a hipped roof and on the gateposts sandstone miniature castles, an entrance portal and a square bell tower on the ridge of the church. The consistory against the east facade dates according to the year in the first laid stone from 1928. To the southeast of the church lies a small cemetery.

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

Dutch Reformed Church. Rectangular hall church, altered internally and externally in 1914, but mainly preserved in the form in which it was founded in 1678. Stately brick facade, decorated with natural stone carvings. Roof turret above the front facade. Internally sculpted pulpit, dated 1679. Entrance to the church grounds flanked by brick pillars with shield-bearing lions, coats of arms of Driewegen and Coudorpe. Bell tower with bell by Nicolaas Muller, 1734, diam. 70 cm. Mechanical tower clock, F. van de Kerkhof, 1906.

Reformed Church on the Rudolphstichting. Interesting church with tower.

The village church in Eelde is originally a Roman Catholic church, which was dedicated to St. Gangulphus. In 1598, stadtholder Willem Lodewijk ordered the conversion to the "reformed" religion by means of a "plakkaet". The name Reformed was not officially introduced until 1815 and the church continued to be called the Dutch Reformed Church until 2005. Since October 2005, the village church has been the church building where the Protestant community of Eelde-Paterswolde holds its weekly services. The Protestant community of Eelde-Paterwolde was created in 2005 from the merger between the Reformed community of Eelde and the Reformed Church of Paterswolde. In the single-nave church from the 14th century, tuff stones from an older church have been incorporated, particularly around the entrance. This earlier church stood on the same site and was already built in the 11th century. The church is built east-west and has a rectangular nave of 8.5 x 28 meters. A narrower, three-sided closed choir has been added to the east side. The stone choir vault was replaced by a wooden ceiling at the beginning of the 18th century. The wooden ceiling was painted with an allegorical representation of life and death, joy and mourning. (see photo below) The painting was probably made by Hermannus Collenius (1650-1723) The pulpit in the church dates from 1621. The wooden pews were replaced by chairs during the restoration of 1973. There are still four gentlemen's pews in the church. In the choir is the gentlemen's pew of the Oosterbroek manor house; against the north wall are two gentlemen's pews of the Lemferdinge manor house. It could not be determined to which manor house the fourth pew belonged. Furthermore, there is a wrought iron holder with a copper baptismal font in the church. During the restoration in 2000, the plasterwork in the church was completely removed and a consecration cross was revealed under one of the old layers of plaster. This cross dates from the pre-Reformation period and was restored and conditioned as far as possible. The cross is located on the wall next to the lord's pew opposite the pulpit. Until 1989, the church was equipped with a mechanical tower clock by H. Detgen in Groningen. Made in 1870. The clock was loaned to the Bell Foundry Museum in Heiligerlee in 1989.

Beautiful village church with charming, iconic tower. Characteristic Protestant interior, almost completely filled with pews. The "attention wall" with pulpit and baptismal font is located in the right (= southern) side of the interior. In that wall are also two colorful modern stained glass windows, on either side of the pulpit. This church is listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.