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Dorpskerk

Goudswaard, NL

Dutch Reformed Church. Rectangular hall church with wooden barrel vault and tie beams, lit by round arch windows, 18th century. Simple tower with constricted spire, probably from 1721. The inventory includes: a pulpit in Louis XVI forms with a copper lectern and baptismal fence holder. A baptismal fence with a copper baptismal arch from the same period and a precentor's lectern. Four simple benches, two of which with a canopy, 18th century. Three copper crowns, 18th century. Some tombstones from the 16th and 17th centuries. Single manual organ, made in 1809 by PJ Geerkens. Restored in 1982 by Leeflang Orgelbouw. ​​Bell frame with bell by P. Waghevens, 1503, diam. 82 cm and a bell by an anonymous founder, 14th or 15th century, diam. 60.5 cm.

Dorpskerk

Nieuwer ter Aa, NL

Extremely important historical village church with tower. Particularly important for the English organ, and the series of stained glass windows. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Dorpskerk

Boskoop, NL

Reformed church. Cross church in neo-renaissance style, built in 1895 after a design by HJ Nederhorst. Protected because of the organ with two manuals and free pedal and 16 registers, dating from 1897, made by JF Witte (firm J. Bätz & Co.). The instrument, although not entirely preserved, is an example of the 19th century organ building tradition typical for the Netherlands. Entirely made according to the highest standards with the best materials at a classical craftsmanship level. In terms of sound technology characteristic of the period of origin in which the sound production is tailored to the function of the organ, namely a typical example of an instrument for the accompaniment of Calvinist congregational singing.

Dorpskerk

Markelo, NL

The Martinuskerk in Markelo , is a Protestant church built in 1840 after the demolition of the older church.

Dorpskerk

Nieuwegein, NL

Dutch Reformed Church. Built as village church of Vreeswijk. Oldest church building in present-day Nieuwegein. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Dorpskerk

Boijl, NL

Protestant church and bell tower of the Protestant Regional Community of Frieslands End.

Dorpskerk

Dorpskerk

Akersloot, NL

The Dorpskek in Akersloot was originally erected in the 13th century on the foundations of a Romanesque church. The current building is the reconstruction of 1837 as the previous building had to be demolished due to its deterioration.

Dorpskerk

Opperdoes, NL

The Dorpskerk is a one-nave, five-sided closed building with a tower, situated on a slightly raised churchyard. Pulpit from 1688 with non-belonging but dating from the same period rear bulkhead and sounding board; oak baptismal fence 1752; copper baptismal arch 1753, precentor's lectern 18th century, two light arms with candlestick from the 17th century, two wall arms from the 17th century, a sixteen-armed crown with shields from the 17th century. The organ made in 1874 by KP van Ingen. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Dorpskerk

Rhoon, NL

The village church in Rhoon was built around 1430. The choir and tower were built first. The choir was then used as a chapel. The nave was completed around 1500. That was when the church acquired its current size. The interior of the 16th century Dutch Reformed Church with the marble tomb of the two wives of Hans Willem Bentinck and the rococo funeral boards of that family has been restored. The most striking feature is the walls treated with lime mortar, which makes the church seem much lighter.

Dorpskerk

Schipluiden, NL

Dutch Reformed Church. Late Gothic village church from the first half of the 16th century, consisting of a single-aisled nave with wooden bell tower (1810) and a three-bay deep, narrower choir with three-sided closure. West tower demolished in 1810. Windows with brick tracery; wooden barrel vaults with tie beams and corbels, the supporting stones of which have carved coats of arms. Restored 1956-1958. The inventory includes: simple pulpit, 17th century. with copper lectern and two candle holders; baptismal fence with twisted copper baptismal arch, crowned by the village coat of arms; carved choir fence, 17th century, with arched panels, balusters and a raised central section with pediment in the parapet; two lords' pews with canopies, in which coats of arms, the most beautiful dated 1662; a lords' pew without canopies, decorated with arched panels in the choir, 17th century; in the choir closure a richly carved epitaph for WH van Steenbergh, 1788; polychrome Ten Commandments board, 17th century; organ front from 1869; a copper chandelier, circa 1700; several tombstones, 16th and 17th century. Mechanical tower clock, Van Bergen, electric winding. A stone sundial is mounted in a buttress of the church.

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