Town and municipality in a northern part of the province that unitil 1810 was part of Holland. Woudrichem started as a small settlement in the earlyMiddle Ages and became an important trading town in the 14th century. Part of the municipality are the villages Almkerk, Andel, Giessen, Oudendijk, Rijswijk, Uitwijk, Uppel and Waardhuizen. The population of the municipality, like the rest of this part of the province, is mostly protestant.
The reformed church or St. Martinus is a cruciform pseudo-basilica in Gothic style. It was largely built in the 15th century but was badly damaged in the late 16th century and rebuilt in the 17th.
Location: Kerkstraat 35
The St.Johannes Nepomuk is the only catholic church in the municipality. It's a small one-aisled building in neo-Classical style, designed by J. de Kroon and built in 1837-1838.
Location: Vissersdijk 15
It is unknown when exactly Rijswijk's reformed church was built but its neo-Classical facade suggests it was in the 1820's or -30's. In 2000 the church was enlarged in modern style.
Location: Maasdijk 27
The former Gereformeerde kerk was built in 1931 and is in a moderate Expressionist style. Its architect is not known.
Location: Maasdijk 11
The reformed church of Giessen is basically the choir of a 14th-century church of which nothing else remains, extended with a trave in 1856 and closed off with a facade in simple neo-Classical style.
Location: Kerkstraat 2
This 14th-century tower named Romboutstoren is part of the ruins of the former church of Neer-Andel and has a rare brick spire. The church was demolished, except for a chapel and parts of the walls.
Location: Hoofdgraaf 6
Op-Andel is where Andel's current reformed church or Blauwe Kerk ('blue church') is located. Its oldest part dates from the 16th century, but the church was enlarged in neo-Classical style in 1852 and in Traditionalist style by architects Bezemer and De Snoo in 1959. That same year the old part of church was restored and its blue colour, which gave it its name, was removed.
Location: Kerkstraat 2