Gereformeerde Kerk
Opperdoes, NL
Built on the site of the Opperdoes, which was demolished in 1939, Noorderpad 21 - Reformed Church (1883-1939) from 1883.
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Opperdoes, NL
Built on the site of the Opperdoes, which was demolished in 1939, Noorderpad 21 - Reformed Church (1883-1939) from 1883.
Andijk, NL
This was a small Reformed church hall. Possibly to replace the Funenkerk. Perhaps also the Boomslootkerk. Those 2 churches have been demolished.
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.
Beetgumermolen, NL
Interesting, monumental church with tower. Replaced an earlier church building. Built as a Reformed Church. Important church designed by A. Nauta.
Balkbrug, NL
Interesting reconstruction church with roof turret. Extension in 1951.
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.
Munnekezijl, NL
Interesting hall church with tower, built in 1913 by L. Reitsma according to a model that was common in the Northern Netherlands in those years. Characteristic is the combination of painted wainscoting in the interior with stained glass windows, wooden ceilings, plastered walls and brick details. From the outside, this type of church, also in Munnekezijl, has a robust brick appearance, usually with a tower rising from the facade. Organ from 1920 by the Gebr. Rohlfing (Osnabrück). This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.
Fijnaart, NL
This church building is now called (probably since about 2004, formation PKN) Ontmoetingskerk. Hall church without tower.
Kornhorn, NL
Reformed Church from 1882 to 1945. Since 1945 Reformed Church (Liberated).
De Wilp, NL
Now in use as a church of the cross-provincial Protestant Community of De Wilp - Siegerswoude (De Wilp in the province of Groningen, Siegerswoude in the province of Friesland).
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