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The Kudelstaart station was founded in 1661. Churches were held in a wooden shed on the Robend. In 1822, a three-aisled neoclassical church was built, which was restored in 1837 after a flood. In 1868-1870, the west side was provided with a nice neo-Romanesque facade with built-in tower by Th. Asseler (consecrated 22-4-1870). In 1959, modern paintings and Stations of the Cross were already installed. The original furniture was removed in 1968-1969 and the interior was drastically modernized at that time.

The Joannes de Doperkerk is the parish church of Meerlo. The current neo-Gothic basilica was built in 1934-1935.

Modern church with tower. Consecrated 26 February 1972. Replaced an earlier Roman Catholic church building. The building is partly used as the De Vier Trappen Health Centre.

In 1630, a clandestine church was dedicated to John the Baptist behind three houses on the Hoge Gouwe. That church still exists, but after a major renovation in 1863 it was given its current facade. The church is rich in interior pieces and liturgical objects, some of which even date from before the Reformation. Lack of contact with the church in Rome led to new ideas emerging among Dutch Catholics. It led to the heated debate between the 'Jansenists' and the established church in 1723 to the split from the Old Catholic Church. Pastor I. Walvis (1653 - 1714) of this church is still known in Gouda as the writer of the first city history in 1713.

Replaced barn church from 1752. Single-nave neo-Gothic church with tower, built in 1854-1856. Internal plastered vaults. Altar, pulpit and other furnishings from the construction period, probably from Louis Veneman. Organ by Gebr. Adema from 1856. Neo-Gothic front designed by Dirk Ypma.

A hall church from 1899-1900. In 1907 the nave was partly demolished again to expand the church by adding side aisles along the nave. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

New neo-Gothic St. John's Church with roof turret, tower not built. The church replaced the adjacent "Little St. John" from the thirteenth century. This beautiful neo-Gothic church, and the historic Little St. John, are the only church buildings still in use in the Hoensbroek Parish.

Parish of Saint Christoffel. The predecessor, a temporary wooden church, also called a 'car church', was destroyed by fire in 1959. The current church was put into use in 1960. Hall church in modernist forms under a gently sloping lean-to roof and a squat, low bell tower against the front facade.

The parish of Elshout has existed since the 13th century, when it was part of the parish of Oudheusden. When the church in Oudheusden was burned down by the Geuzen in 1579, the chapel in Elshout became the parish church. That older church served until 1879. The history of this church building begins with pastor Van den Bogaert. On 15 April 1878, he laid the first stone. Architect Van Tulder from Tilburg and contractor Van Rooy from The Hague managed to build the church in one year, so that it could be completed in April 1879. On 24 April, the church was blessed and on 1 May, the abbot of Berne celebrated the first solemn Holy Mass. On 16 April 1883, the new church was solemnly consecrated by Mgr. Godschalk, bishop of Den Bosch. During the Second World War, the church and the rectory suffered damage, but they survived the war violence of November 1944. The church suffered damage on April 3, 1973, when a heavy storm raged over the region, and the church tower collapsed. After some emergency measures and with the cooperation of the entire parish, the tower stood proudly on the church again in 1975.

Interesting church building with roof turret in Amsterdam School style in Buitenkaag, which was called Leeghwaterdorp until the 1960s.