This building is hidden in an inner courtyard between the Oosterkade and the Tweebaksmarkt, out of sight of the public road. In 1850, the reformed community had this simple church built for holding 'Bible readings for the needy'. In common parlance, this church was therefore also called the Poor Church or the Skippers Church, because many skippers from the Oosterkade went to this church.
The church building of the Evangelical Lutheran community in Leeuwarden was built in 1774 to a design by the Roman Catholic city architect Van Nooteboom (1733 - 1812), with financial support from mainly the community of Amsterdam. The memorial stone in the front facade is a reminder of this. The simple building, a hall church with galleries, replaces an older church from 1681, financed by Andreas Moeller, whose funeral plaque still hangs in the church. The church was restored in 1994.
Neo-Gothic church with cathedral allure, and with unique high tower, the highest church tower in Friesland and also one of the highest neo-Gothic church towers in our country. Main work of Pierre Cuypers (1827 - 1921). One of the 2 largest church buildings designed by him, which still exist; the other is the St. Vitus Church in Hilversum (the St. Willibrordus Church in Amsterdam, demolished in 1970 - 1971, and the St. Barbara Cathedral in Breda, demolished 1969 - 1970, were 2 other "largest churches" by Pierre Cuypers).
The Synagogue in Leeuwarden is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1805 and expanded in 1865. This brick synagogue now serves as an educational Institution.
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