Saint Adrianus Church

The Sint-Adrianus Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Westland town of Naaldwijk, named after the patron saint Saint Adrian. It is the third Roman Catholic church that was built in this place over the course of two centuries. It is a landmark building in the center of Naaldwijk.

The first church from 1790 was a hiding church on Dijkweg. A new church, the Sint-Adrianus Church, was built in 1871 at the same location when the old one had become too small. The Catholic cemetery from 1830 is still located there, but burials have not taken place since 1982. The reason for the construction of the church in 1931 was that the church from 1871 had become dilapidated and too small. The necessary funds and land for a new church were obtained when the wealthy farmer Arie Hofstede bequeathed his entire estate to the parish upon his death.

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