Gereformeerde Kerk
Lewedorp, NL
Reconstruction church with tower. Inaugurated on 6 February 1953, a few days after the Flood Disaster. In 2000, the interior of the church was extensively renovated.
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Lewedorp, NL
Reconstruction church with tower. Inaugurated on 6 February 1953, a few days after the Flood Disaster. In 2000, the interior of the church was extensively renovated.
Nieuwendijk, NL
Church building of the Christian Separated Congregation, later Christian Reformed Church. The society that later in 1892 became part of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands.
Broeksterwâld, NL
The Reformed Church of Broek under Akkerwoude opened its doors on 15 January 1956. The church then contained 380 seats. Construction costs were 94,000 guilders (excluding land).
Earnewâld, NL
Hall church, built in 1906 with round arch windows and short lower transepts. Small stone facade tower, crowned by pyramid-shaped spire. Interior changed in 1951. During a change to the interior in 1992, the pulpit from the construction period was replaced by a pulpit in the shape of the bow of a skûtsje.
Moordrecht, NL
Modest reconstruction church with roof turret.
Donkerbroek, NL
Neo-Romanesque church with roof turret. Built as a Reformed church, protected by the State because of the single-manual organ that was made in 1821 by A. van Gruisen from Leeuwarden for a church that was still unknown. In 1920 it was moved to Donkerbroek by Bakker & Timmenga from Leeuwarden. The case and the mechanism were renewed on that occasion. In 1964 the company Gebr. Reil (Heerde) expanded it with a mixer. The company Bakker & Timmenga restored it in 1997.
Kootwijk, NL
Late neo-Gothic church with roof turret. Nickname "Church on the Hill".
Bolnes, NL
Interesting octagonal reconstruction church. Built as a Reformed church. Replaced an old Reformed church elsewhere in Bolnes.
Sint Laurens, NL
Built as a Reformed Church. Hall church without tower in Amsterdam School style.
Fijnaart, NL
This church building is now called (probably since about 2004, formation PKN) Ontmoetingskerk. Hall church without tower.
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