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In 1904, the Waterstaat church was demolished to make way for a new neo-Gothic church that had been built just north of the Waterstaat church. This church was designed by Caspar Franssen. It is a neo-Gothic cruciform basilica with a crossing tower and a high entrance tower with four sections. Its colourful neo-Gothic interior has been particularly well preserved. The church contains a Pieta by the Den Bosch artist Van de Ven, who died suddenly when it was installed. When swine fever broke out in 1997, a special mass was celebrated in this church, after which various pig farmers maintained a devotion to St. Anthony Abbot.

St. Anthony's Church (formerly dedicated to St. Adelbert); three-sided closed marlstone choir, ca. 1400, flanked by two brick chapels, 15th century; brick tower with niche section, 16th century, the other parts were created during an extension of the church in 1910. The inventory includes: communion rail with carved reliefs, 18th century; two hardstone holy water fonts, 18th century; wooden statues of crucifix, ca. 1700; two Madonnas, respectively from ca. 1700 and 17th century; St. Anthony Abbot, 18th century; St. Peter, 18th century; St. John the Baptist, 18th century; St. Roch, 18th century; alabaster panel with relief representation of the Adoration of the Shepherds; alabaster top piece with representation of the Trinity. Mechanical tower clock, B. Eijsbouts, 1918. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Interesting neoclassical church with historic tower. After the Reformation, the committee that was set up to prepare the construction of the Catholic church in Loenen received permission from King Willem II on 13 February 1846 to start construction. The king gave a subsidy of 6,000 guilders on condition that the church would be built by Waterstaat. The total cost of the church amounted to fl. 13,332.--. The Hackfort family (Kasteel ter Horst) donated a newly built parsonage as well as the land for the church, garden and cemetery, but on condition that they would have the first two pews of the new church at their disposal and that they would have the right to make their own family burial vault in the cemetery. The “Horsten benches” are still in the church. The coats of arms of the Hackfort family and the Van Wijnbergen family are on the doors.

In the standard work Kerkinterieurs in Nederland (Church Interiors in the Netherlands), Herman Wesselink calls the Antonius Abtkerk "one of the most remarkable churches from the interbellum. (...) The church interior (can) be considered a highlight of Dutch Roman Catholic ecclesiastical art from the twentieth century." (Antonius Abtkerk. Highlight of ecclesiastical mosaic art. In Kerkinterieurs in Nederland, pp. 316-319. Wbooks, 2016. The church was created under the influence of the innovative artist group De Violier. In this group, JE Brom, architect Joseph Cuypers (1861 - 1949) and A. Molkenboer (1872-1960) worked together, among others.

Important early neo-Gothic church with tower, which is crowned by a unique iron spire. In 1854, the St. Anthony's Church in Overlangel was built, designed by architect Wilhelmus Jacobus van Vogelpoel. This church replaced the St. Anthony's Chapel in Overlangel. Van Vogelpoel used a neo-Gothic architectural style. In September 1854, the church was consecrated by Bishop Joannes Zwijsen.

Around the year 1400 there was already a chapel in Enter, which was dedicated to Saint Anthony Abbot. The chapel was destroyed during the Eighty Years' War and was not rebuilt. The Catholics made use of clandestine churches, until the end of the 18th century, when Catholic worship was permitted again. In 1819 a new church was built on the Dorpsstraat in Enter. This was a water board church, which was enlarged in 1851, but in the years 1910-1920 the building was too small again. Demolished in 1927 for new construction .

Roman Catholic Church from 1925, dedicated to St. Anthony Abbot, designed by architect ir. F. Franssen. The church is located on the corner with the Heytmorgen. The Traditionalist architecture with Neo-Romanesque elements is partly based on early Christian architecture.

Village church with tower. Destroyed by war actions 1944-1945, restored 1949.

Roman Catholic parish church of St. Antonius Abt from 1891. Three-aisled, neo-Gothic basilica without transept. Front tower with incurved spire. Interior with brick cross-ribbed vaults. Characteristic work in the oeuvre of architect Caspar Franssen (1860-1932), a pupil of Pierre Cuypers. Inventory from the construction period is still partly present. This church is listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.

The Heilige Antonius Abt (Anthony Abbot) was erected in 1886 and extended in 1928 and 1951. It has its origin in a 17th century chapel dedicated to Saint Anthony Abbot. It is currently listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.