Groningen, NL

Leegkerk Church

Simple brick church and graveyard

The cemetery at the top of the church is the highest part of the Leegeweg (low road). The church building was restored in the late-1900s, especially the nave from the 13th century.

About this building

The choir and south wall are late Gothic, and the elongated roof turret is from the 18th century.

The interior contains a number of special things: a Ten Commandment sign, a beautiful pulpit from 1747, and seventeenth and eighteenth-century tombstones. Remains of original murals, including ordained crosses, a sacramental knowledge in the choir, and a piscina in the southeast wall remind us of the time when the Roman Catholic mass was dedicated here.

Thanks to European subsidy funds, the church has been set up as a stopping place for passersby. The space can also be rented for symposiums, as a wedding location, etc. The design of the multifunctional space was developed by the Antwerp architects' firm AWG Architects, under the direction of Jan Verrelst.

Other nearby buildings

Gereformeerde Kerk (Vrijgemaakt)

The foundation of the current church building dates from 1861, the year in which the secession of 1834 also took place in Hoogkerk. In 1908, the church building on the Hoendiep was expanded and the church building received its current tower. In 1920, a wing with a gallery was added to the east side and the church building was given the shape of an L. In 1960, the next renovation took place; the community building 't Anker was built against the church on the west side with a large divisible hall and a small meeting room. Due to the growth of the congregation, there was a need for a larger church building at the end of the 1980s. After much discussion and various plans, it was decided to renovate the existing building, including expanding the church hall.

Protestantse Kerk

A Romanesque brick house of worship from the early 13th century. The church once had a tower but it was lost to war violence. With old, new facade from the 1960s. Also known as Haghekerke, Hogerkerken, Hoegekerk or Ollekerk.

Elimkerk

Reconstruction church, built to replace the old church, which was previously (around the 1950s) transferred to the Reformed Church (Liberated).

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