Beerta, NL

Church Beerta

A late Gothic church, but without frivolous tracery in the windows: no passes or blowing fish. It was completed in 1506 as a rectangular hall church. Inside, the church has a renaissance pulpit, the organ from 1862 and the carved tombstones.

About this building

Thanks to the higher location, the church was a refuge for a small number of people during the Saint-Martin flood of 1668. In 1783 the stone overgrove was near collapse and was replaced by a wooden barrel vault. A detached tower completed the building in 1806.

In 2004 the church was officially handed over to the Local Commission Beerta of the Stichting Oude Groninger Kerken. Since December 2011 the management has been transferred to Dorpsbelangen Beerta. The church can be rented by third parties for concerts, lectures, exhibitions, receptions, farewell and other gatherings. The church is one of the municipal wedding locations. For information you can contact the secretariat of Dorpsbelangen Beerta via the mail

The Patron Saint is Bartholomew, or Bartholomäus, one of the 12 disciples of Jesus.

Other nearby buildings

Stephanuskerk

The church building was built at the beginning of the thirteenth century. Originally it was a Romanesque-Gothic cruciform church. But in 1600 the transepts were demolished. From that time on it is no longer a cruciform church. In the same period the church building was lowered 5.5 meters and a choir section was added to the church. In 1970 the church was thoroughly restored. The pews were removed from the choir. In the choir section you can find gravestones and a burial vault. The foundation stone for the tower, which is separate from the church, was laid on June 16, 1820 and was completed 2 years later. The tower is built on 96 piles. On the spire is not a rooster, but a horse.

Bell tower witha pointed roof in the foreground and church in the distance

Stefanus Church

This church has been modified heavily over the years. Once upon a time there was a triforium, a 'gallery' high in the church, which ran in front of the windows, and it was an impressive late Roman cruciform church. Of this, only the heavily modified vessel from around 1275 remains. After a major fire in 1586 the cross was demolished, the church was lowered over 5 meters and the choir was added.

Simple brick church with a white turret in a field

Nieuw Beerta Church

The first church that was founded in New Beerta was not too solid; after ten years it was seriously damaged, just like the presbytery. A new church was built at the end of the 17th century. In September 1696 this second church was inaugurated.

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