Oostkerk, Middelburg

Oostkerk
Oostkerk "Koepelkerk"
View of main entrance
51°30′10″N 3°37′14″E
Location	Oostkerkplein 1, Middelburg
Country	Netherlands
Denomination	Protestant
History
Founded	1667
Dedicated	1667
Architecture
Architect(s)	Arent van 's-Gravesande
Style	neo-classical
Years built	1667
Administration
Parish	Middelburg

The Oostkerk is a Protestant church in Middelburg. The church can be spotted on the Middelburg horizon by its characteristic round dome.

History

Interior Oostkerk in Middelburg

The church was designed by Bartholomeus Drijfhout and Pieter Post and was built between 1648 and 1667. After Drijfhout died in 1651, the building was continued under the Leiden architect Arent van 's-Gravesande, who had just completed the Marekerk in Leiden. The white organ was built by Gebr. de Rijckere from Kortrijk in 1782. Two stained glass windows from 1664 still exist in the church, and the klokkenstoel contains a bell by Claes Noorden and one by Jan Albert de Grave, 1715.

See also

Other 17th century "round" churches of the Netherlands:

• Marekerk, round church of Leiden
• Ronde Lutherse Kerk, round church of Amsterdam

External links

Media related to Oostkerk (Middelburg) at Wikimedia Commons