Duitse Evangelische Kerk

Nickname Boskantkerk, after earlier churches with this name in this city district. Interesting modern church, which replaced an emergency church from 1946. Since August 2008 no longer in use as parish church St. Antonius van Padua, but as spiritual and conference center, including undiminished church celebrations. As of 1-1-2015 no longer in use as spiritual center.

This Synagogue was founded in 1707 in the house of Jacob Pereira. Around 1725, the famous architect Daniel Marot designed the Synagogue that still exists today and is still used by the Liberal Jewish Community of The Hague. It should be noted that the clients wanted a synagogue that would resemble the Portuguese Jewish Synagogue of Amsterdam. This had been built 50 years earlier. The foundation stone of the complex in The Hague was laid on 16 April 1725. It is an impressive building. At the top is the year 5486 (1726). Below that is written in Hebrew "How lovely are your Dwellings". The complex has 12 windows, one for each tribe of Israel. The intention was that the Synagogue would also have a tower (with a clock), just like the Synagogue in Rotterdam that was built around the same time. In 1725, the administrators of The Hague agreed to its construction by a vote of 15 to 1, but several preachers from The Hague subsequently campaigned against the tower and it was never built.

The Portuguese synagogue was consecrated in 1726 based on a design by Daniel Marot in the late style of Louis XIV. The layout of the building is rectangular in shape and its façade is divided by the colossal order of pilasters, spanning the entire height of the building. The monumental entrance includes a classical fronton which contains the Hebrew verse referring to Psalm 84:2 and the date 5486 (1726 CE). The interior is divided into three aisles with the use of Ionic columns which support the women's gallery. In line with the Sephardic layout of synagogues, the bimah (teva) is not positioned at the center of the building but closer to the entrance and the benches face the main aisle instead of the Torah ark. The layout of this Sephardic synagogue is similar to the layout of the Portuguese synagogue in Amsterdam. After the Second World War, the building became abandoned for a long period of time. It was bought by the Liberaal Joodse Gemeente in 1972 and subsequently renovated in 1974/76 and 1992/93.