Hervormde Kapel
Hulshorst, NL
Interesting church with roof turret. Built as a Reformed church. Ecclesiastically falls under Nunspeet.
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Hulshorst, NL
Interesting church with roof turret. Built as a Reformed church. Ecclesiastically falls under Nunspeet.
Elahuizen, NL
Dutch Reformed Church, national monument because of the single-manual organ, made in 1865 by W. Hardorff in Leeuwarden.
Maasdam, NL
Charming, eclectic village church with tower. Built to replace its demolished predecessor .
Hoevelaken, NL
Tower. Brick building from the 15th or 16th century, modified in the 19th century in neo-Gothic style. Above the tower entrance the year 1873. Bell frame with the sound of two bells, one of which by J. Tolhuis, 1537, diam. 40.3 cm. and a replica of the clock by W. Both and E. van der Arck. Mechanical tower clock J. van de Kerkhof, Aarle-Rixtel, later fitted with electric winding.
Almkerk, NL
Hall church with roof turret in traditionalist forms, built in 1950 to a design by the architects Chr. Nielsen and JHC Spruit from Amsterdam to replace a medieval church that was largely destroyed in 1944. The gables are open-worked as windows. Internally visible roofing. Some mourning boards have been preserved from the old inventory, as well as the Adema organ from 1877.
Est, NL
Late neo-Gothic church with historic tower.
Nes, NL
Reformed Church. Still entirely Romanesque brick church with four-sided choir closure, the masonry of which is provided with lesenes, round arch frieze and a dentil moulding. Few built-in somewhat older also brick saddle roof tower. The east wall of the tower may originally have belonged to a mid-12th century westwork. The current appearance of the tower and nave dates back to the end of the 12th century. In the 13th century the choir was built. The pointed arch windows were installed in the 16th century. Internally a barrel vault from 1604. The nave has a wainscoting of purple (flamed) tiles; rococo pulpit with rear bulkhead and hood, mid-18th century with carvings on the tub, baptismal fence with candle holder, lord's pew with carved back piece from 1775; two 17th century and three 18th century gravestones inside, in the churchyard five 18th century and one from 1618. Bell frame with the sound of two bells, one by Gert, 1477, diam. 110 cm. and one by P. Overney, 1686, diam. 109 cm. Mechanical tower clock B. Eijsbouts, Asten, 1916, no. 559, later fitted with a synchronous motor.
Kloosterhaar, NL
The church replaced a smaller church from 1892. Striking and quite rare example of reformed church building from the reconstruction period in traditionalist forms.
Molenaarsgraaf, NL
The church in Molenaarsgraaf, beautifully restored in 1961, consists of a wide single-aisled nave from the first half of the 16th century and a narrower, three-sided closed choir, built around 1500. During the restoration, several traces were found of a church that must have stood there earlier. The cast-iron windows from the 19th century were replaced by brick windows during the restoration. The windows were fitted with stained glass with bronze bridge rods. The bell was made in 1710. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.
Nieuwland, NL
Historic church with tower. Originally dedicated to St. Barbara.
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