Hoogeloon Protestant Church

The church is built adjoining a row of historic houses. These once formed the vicarage. The church, painted in a striking red colour, was commissioned by Louis Napoleon. After the church was returned to the Catholics in 1809, the Protestants also needed a church of their own. The church was designed in the style of a barn church, similar to those previously used by the Catholics. In 1818, the Reformed congregation of Hoogeloon merged with that of Eersel; the minister came to live in Hoogeloon , but services were held alternately in both places. Evidence of this can still be seen in the ‘Domineepad’ (Minister’s Path), along which the minister had to make the journey. In 1847, a plot of land was purchased on which the Protestant cemetery – which still exists today – was laid out. The Protestant church is now owned by the Maatschappij van Welstand.