Hulst - St Willibrorduskerk

The building of St Willibrorduskerk, a Late-Gothic cruciform basilica, began in 1400. The choir was completed in 1460; the nave, which was damaged by fire in 1469, was completely restored only in 1562. In 1645 the church went over to the Reformed faith. Between 1806 and 1929 it was divided into two by a wall, the nave being occupied by the Protestants and the chancel by the Catholics. The wall was pulled down in 1929, and the whole church is now Roman Catholic. The tower was damaged in the Second World War and was restored with a concrete spire.