Visvliet, NL

Visvliet Church

white church with red plaster details

Fish are fully present in this church: on one of the windvanes, on the pulpit and on the lectern. The Christian symbol is also the symbol of the former fishing village.

About this building

Fish are fully present in this church: on one of the windvanes, on the pulpit and on the lectern. The Christian symbol is also the symbol of the former fishing village. In the south wall of the choir a stone is built on which among other things the high rye price in 1557 is mentioned.

The holy Saint Gangulfus, a Burgundian nobleman from the 8th century who proclaimed the word of God in the Frisian areas, watches over this church. A memorial stone in the west facade mentions that the church was built in 1427. The church is used for various occasions, including church services, exhibitions and cultural events. The library for the village is located in the consistory.

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Open Hofkerk

The organ was built by Hendrik Jan van der Molen around 1900. In 1978/79 the organ was restored by de Graaf. Since 2004 the organ has unfortunately hardly been used, and an electronic Allen organ, type Protégé, is used.

Terpkerk

Reformed church rebuilt in 1784 on the site of the former church; internal pulpit with carved caryatids, mid 18th century, baptismal fence from 1630, nine pews from the 17th and 18th centuries. Gravestones include at least four from the 17th century and one from 1716. Three copper crowns. In the tower a belfry with a clock by Steen and Borchardt, 1756, diam. 97.5 cm. Mechanical tower clock B. Eijsbouts, Asten, 1913, no. 477.

Hervormde Kerk

Reformed Church. In the church from 1877, a 17th century pulpit with Prott coat of arms on the tub; sounding board; a covered pew from the 18th century. Initially, this church housed the organ from the previous church, made in 1842 by GP Dik. The current organ from 1911, made by the Gebr. Van Oeckelen, is a gift from Udo Bronseman and Annie Hogeveen. Under the pulpit large tombstone of the Prott family. Mechanical tower clock, equipped with electric winding.

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