Niehove Church
Standing on a mound in the village is this one-aisled church with a three-sided closed chancel and Romanesque arches in the north wall. In the pointed roof turret hangs a loud bell from the 13th / 14th century.
About this building
The clock is one of the oldest in Groningen, along with the clocks of Uitwierde and Warfhuizen. Until the end of the 19th century, the church was visited by storks, as well as the local churchgoers. The storks were so highly prized that in 1668 a stained glass with the church and the stork's nest was added.
The church is no longer in use for worship services. It now serves as an exhibition space. The organ was originally built around 1557 for the church in Uithuizermeeden. Joachim Wenthin converted it into a new organ in 1808 with the use of almost all old pipe work and the keyboard size was extended. The beautiful front pipes are also from the old organ. It was moved to Niehove in 1908 and restored in 1999 by De Graaf.
