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Oostkerk, Middelburg

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Oostkerk
Oostkerk "Koepelkerk"
View of main entrance
Map
51°30′10″N 3°37′14″E / 51.50278°N 3.62056°E / 51.50278; 3.62056
AddressOostkerkplein 1, Middelburg
Country Netherlands
DenominationProtestant
Architecture
Architect(s)Arent van 's-Gravesande
Styleneo-classical
Administration
ParishMiddelburg

The Oostkerk is a Protestant church in Middelburg. The church can be easily 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.[1] After Drijfhout died in 1651, the building was continued under the Leiden architect Arent van 's Gravezande, who had just completed the Marekerk in Leiden. The white organ was built by Gebr. de Rijckere from Kortrijk in 1782.[1] Two stained glass windows from 1664 still exist in the church, and the klokkenstoel contains a bell by C. Noorden and one by J.A. de Grave, 1715.[1]

See also

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

References

  1. ^ a b c Rijksmonument report