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Reformed church. Large village church, completely clad in tuff stone, with deep, three-sided closed choir (15th century A), three-aisled, pseudo-basilica nave (15th century B) and tall tower (12th century) with round arch friezes enlivened, raised 15th century B (?), in which the Romanesque columns of the coupled sound holes have been reused. The church is vaulted with cross-ribbed vaults. Interior: choir screen (partly 16th century) and bluestone baptismal font (15th century). Originally a single-manual organ by A. Meere, made in 1809. Later expanded and modernised. Reconstructed by Reil in 1994, using pipework from the former Meere organ from 1803 in the Grote Kerk in Vianen. Only the case and the Meere pipework are protected. Mechanical tower clock, has been decommissioned.

Reformed church. Three-aisled brick building dating from the 16th century with an older roof, 14th century, which has been replaced. Transepts and choir with ambulatory 15th century. On the cross of the church a modern roof turret with octagonal spire. Extended sacristy with upper room 15th century b on the south side. Interior: painted wooden partition, around 1745, installed to separate the pulpit from the choir, now no longer in its original place. Pedestal of hardstone baptismal font 15th century a. Pulpit 1779. Reader's bench and baptismal fence 1779. Benches 1779. Two crowns, each with three shields, 17th century c. Organ case made in 1557 by H. Niehoff. In the organ case is a new instrument by the Van Vulpen company, which is not protected. Various gravestones. Benches around the columns, with front bench XVIIa. Wall plaque with inscription concerning the donation of pulpit etc. 1779. In the choir closure two wooden statues as supporting figures under the hood. Bell tower with bell by Nicolaas Greve, 1734, diam. 110 cm. In roof turret bell by anonymous founder, 1510, diam. 55 cm.

On 18 June 1397, the Bishop of Utrecht, Frederik van Blankenheim, gave permission to build a parish church in the city centre of Elburg. The church building was dedicated to Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of seafarers. The church was initially not very solidly built. A thorough restoration was started in 1448 to prevent collapse. City accounts show that the reconstruction of the church lasted until 1465. The two transepts (side wings) were built later, as was the sacristy. The consistory room was not added to the church until 1819. The Reformation was a turbulent period. In September 1566, the iconoclasts destroyed a large part of the interior of the church. Statues of saints were destroyed, altars were pulled down and wall paintings were covered with whitewash. From around 1580, Protestant services were held in the Saint Nicholas Church.

Very large historical hall church with (relatively small) tower. Unique series of stained glass windows.

This important church, located on the Torenstraat in The Hague is the site of baptisms and marriages of members of the house of Orange-Nassau, including the current King and Princess of the Netherlands. Also know as the Great Church of St. James, this church was built in the 13th century, possibly of wood, before being converted into a brick structure. The church was badly damaged by a fire in 1539, and after a visit by Charles V, the Holy Roman Emporer, new stained glass windows were sponsored by him personally. In addition to this, this church contains the tombs of several famous people from Dutch history.

This church is the only remnant of medieval Rotterdam. This church was buit between the 15th and 16th centuries. It became the first all stone building in Rotterdam. The church was heavily damaged in the blitz of Rotterdam in 1940 and restoration was completed in 1968.

In the Blue Cross community center, until 1939.

There has probably been a church in Nijkerk since the beginning of the 13th century, on the site of the current Grote Kerk. The church that was built then was called 'Nije Kerck'; the origin of the name Nijkerk. In 1421 this church was destroyed. The construction of a new church began in 1461. The building was badly damaged in a city fire in 1540. After this fire the church was rebuilt. A memorial plaque still hangs in the Grote Kerk in memory of this city fire. It is not clear whether the church was rebuilt with the same shapes. It is assumed that the choir is older than the rest of the church. The base of the tower is also older. The church has 1,070 seats. In the skylight above the main entrance you can see the garlands of tobacco leaves, which were placed for decoration in various places in the church, such as on the pulpit. This was done when Nijkerk was an important city for tobacco cultivation. Above the main entrance, a memorial stone is built into the wall, commemorating that the tower was rebuilt in 1776. t Ampt Nijkerk Dese Toren 1776 Herbouwt, it says. The church is still in use as a place of worship. The Beeldenstorm in 1566 passed Nijkerk by. In 1594, the Catholic church officially became Protestant. The Reformed Church of Nijkerk belongs to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. This church is a typical Dutch Protestant church building. There are hardly any decorations to be found. Only a few things remind us of the time before the Reformation, namely the four symbols of the evangelists (Matthew: angel, Mark: lion, Luke: bull and John: eagle) as corbels at the bottom of the colonettes where the cross ribs end. In addition, on two of the three keystones in the choir, at the top where the cross ribs meet, there are images of Christ and of Saint Catherine, to whom the church was dedicated. (Source: [ [1] ]Wikipedia).

Architecturally and historically extremely important large historical church, with a tower called "De Peperbus". Over the centuries this grandly designed, but always unfinished, church has been hit by various disasters. As a result, this church was at a certain point, until mid-1966, reduced to the transept for ecclesiastical use as a Reformed "Grote Kerk", in which, in addition to church services, there was also room for a bicycle shed for churchgoers (experienced myself in 1964, JvN). The choir and nave were then separated from the transept by wooden partitions.

Large historic city church with high tower. The Grote or Sint-Gudulakerk is a Protestant church in the Dutch town of Lochem. The church is located on Kerkstraat, in the centre of the city. The church was built in the 12th century as a Roman Catholic church. The church is named after Saint Gudule ( Goedele_van_Brussel ), a saint from the 7th century. The church is a hall church with a choir and a west tower. The church is built of brick and has a Gothic style. The church has a number of special works of art, including an organ from the 18th century, a pulpit from the 17th century and a baptismal font from the 16th century.