Reusing Churches – International Forum

The Netherlands

Reliwiki - Closing of churches

Reliwiki, the Dutch database on religious buildings, was created by users and is constantly being added to and improved by them. The national list of monuments contains 2,607 churches and 266 monasteries. At the beginning of the Year of Religious Heritage, figures of up to 14,000 were quoted for the total number of remaining church and monastery buildings. Many of the buildings have undergone a change of function.

In a separate section, Reliwiki lists all churches and monasteries in the Netherlands that are about to be closed or have already been decommissioned.