Johannes de Doperkerk
Deinum, NL
Reformed Church and tower, on the mound as a cemetery. The nave, originally Romanesque, has been enlarged and modified several times.
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Deinum, NL
Reformed Church and tower, on the mound as a cemetery. The nave, originally Romanesque, has been enlarged and modified several times.
Serooskerke, NL
The church was originally dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, has a straight closed single-aisled nave and a large tower with two sections with diagonal buttresses, the beginning of a third section and a four-sided spire. In the 15th-century tower hangs a bell cast by Johannes Burgerhuys (1676). After the destruction of the medieval nave and choir in 1572-1574, only the nave was rebuilt in the 17th century. The church was restored in 1958 and the spire was repaired after storm damage in 1966. The church contains a pulpit with a wooden lectern (1661). A large tombstone has been built into the south wall for Philibert van Tuyll van Serooskerke († 1661), lord of the manor of Serooskerke, and Vincentia Magdalena van Swieten († 1629). There are also three early 17th-century gravestones. In the churchyard there is a relocated gravestone of PE Bland-Mathijssen († 1867) and RJ Bland († 1871). The former rectory (Torenstraat 8) is a sober neoclassical mansion with a cornice facade and was built in 1879 to replace an earlier rectory.
Den Helder, NL
Built as a Dutch Reformed church/chapel in the southern district of Nieuw Den Helder.
Amersfoort, NL
Important modern church with small bell tower in the centre of Amersfoort.
Soest, NL
Modern, inconspicuous church without tower. Out of use as a Roman Catholic church building 06-07-2008. After that, in 2009, it was put into use as a church of the PKN Reformed "local community of a special nature".
Rotterdam, NL
Built as Dutch Reformed Church in the Lombardijen district in Rotterdam-South. Modern church with tower. The church is also used on Saturdays as a church for the Adventist Church Rotterdam International (a Seventh-day Adventist church).
Nieuwerkerk, NL
Historic church with hexagonal tower rebuilt in 1975-1976. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.
Gorinchem, NL
Built as a Reformed Church. Extremely important, large, beautiful reconstruction church with a large tower. From ± early 2000s this church was threatened with closure and demolition. In the late 2010s this church was designated as a Municipal monument.
Leersum, NL
The church was designed by the architectural firm G. Steen en Tuinhof, Leeuwarden/Vlissingen. Construction began in 1966. The first stone was laid by Mr. JC Alberts, the oldest of the 328-member Reformed congregation. The church was put into use on 25 February 1967. The name Johanneskerk was chosen following a competition. In 1979, the church was expanded with an extension with a kitchen.
Opheusden, NL
Late Gothic village church with three-aisled, pseudo-basilica nave and transept, dated 1524. Single-aisled 15th century choir. Sacristy in the corner between choir and southern transept. After the war destruction in 1940, in which the tower and the western part of the nave were lost, the nave was extended to the west during the restoration (1949-'50). The church has four tombstones from the 17th and 18th centuries. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.
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