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Reformed Church. Still entirely Romanesque brick church with four-sided choir closure, the masonry of which is provided with lesenes, round arch frieze and a dentil moulding. Few built-in somewhat older also brick saddle roof tower. The east wall of the tower may originally have belonged to a mid-12th century westwork. The current appearance of the tower and nave dates back to the end of the 12th century. In the 13th century the choir was built. The pointed arch windows were installed in the 16th century. Internally a barrel vault from 1604. The nave has a wainscoting of purple (flamed) tiles; rococo pulpit with rear bulkhead and hood, mid-18th century with carvings on the tub, baptismal fence with candle holder, lord's pew with carved back piece from 1775; two 17th century and three 18th century gravestones inside, in the churchyard five 18th century and one from 1618. Bell frame with the sound of two bells, one by Gert, 1477, diam. 110 cm. and one by P. Overney, 1686, diam. 109 cm. Mechanical tower clock B. Eijsbouts, Asten, 1916, no. 559, later fitted with a synchronous motor.

Historic church with tower. Originally dedicated to St. Barbara.

Dutch Reformed Church and churchyard. According to the built-in memorial stone, a building dating from 1805, beautifully situated on a church green. Interior: pulpit mid-17th century, with light arm, baptismal font holder and hourglass.

The Reformed Church of Made is a late Gothic building. The church was founded in 1511 although the building has suffered several alterations in different periods.

Crucifix church with three-sided closed choir, wide transept and unarticulated tower with perpendicular buttresses. Built in 1905 to a design by J.Th. Beijers to replace a church from 1637/1767 that burned down in 1904. The spire that was destroyed in 1940 was rebuilt in 1951. Pulpit from the construction period. Stained glass windows by Wim Korteweg and JJ van Staveren.

Charming, eclectic village church with tower. Built to replace its demolished predecessor .

The Trudokerk was founded in 1100 under the authority of the Abbey of Sint Truiden (Belgium). It is the oldest church in the region of Land van Heusden en Altena.

Reformed church. Straight-ended hall church from 1866 on the site of the old church from 1762. Above the front facade a wooden facade tower with spire. All facades have round-arched windows. After restoration in 1916 a major restoration followed in 1967 during which the interior was significantly changed. Pulpit from 1866. Organ by J. Proper from 1897, originating from Culemborg and placed in this church in 1927. The bell dates from 1989 and was made by Eijsbouts in Asten (NBr.). It replaces the bell that was made by Jacob Noteman in Leeuwarden in 1649 and is now, being torn, on display in the hall of the town hall of Schiermonnikoog.

The Catholic Parish Church of St. Peter in Mönchengladbach, Germany, underwent a transformation into publicly funded apartments. Designed by Josef Kleesattel, the neogothic church retained its monumental character while accommodating a socially diverse community with affordable rents.

The Sacred Heart Church is a Catholic church that was built between 1897 and 1898 by the architect Christoph Hehl. At the end of the 19th century, the urban expansion of Berlin necessitated the construction of new places of worship. As the future district of Prenzlauer Berg was not very dense, the only notable pre-existing buildings were windmills and inns. One of these inns was purchased in 1890 by the parish of St. Hedwig to build a chapel, together with the adjacent presbytery and a Catholic school.