Nicolaïkerk
Out of use in 1935, when it was moved to a building on Snelgersmastraat.
Out of use in 1935, when it was moved to a building on Snelgersmastraat.
This rectangular building with a hipped roof was constructed in 1801 as a replacement for an eighteenth-century house synagogue. The building has been renovated in 1874. The exterior contains rounded arch windows and a neoclassical entrance, including a cornice and a fronton with a Hebrew inscription (Ezekiel 43:1-2). The pedestals of the pillars contain the Hebrew date (5)561 which corresponds with 1801. Inside the synagogue, the wooden vault ceiling was painted blue and includes a rising sun on the eastside above the Torah Ark while the western end is adorned with a moon above the gallery. Both the Torah Ark and the railings of the former bimah are executed in the Louis XVI style. Then women's gallery is supported by small Ionic columns. The building was damaged during a bombardment in May 1945. After the Second World War, the building was sold. The last renovation of the building took palce in 1989 and has since been used as a church.
This is a simple, small building that was put on the Jewish cemetery in 1930 as the successor of the first 'lykenhuisje' from 1900.
Near the first residential area in Appingedam, specially designed for Moluccans, a new church was built in 1960. This Moluccan church has remained virtually unchanged since its construction.