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Oosterkerk (Hoorn)

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State
  
Netherlands

Year consecrated
  
1616

Leadership
  
Dick van der Pijl

Phone
  
+31 229 217 909

Architectural style
  
Gothic architecture

Region
  
North Holland

Ecclesiastical or organizational status
  
Cultural center

Opened
  
1616

Province
  
North Holland

Oosterkerk (Hoorn)

Location
  
Grote Oost 60, 1621 BX te Hoorn, Netherlands

Address
  
Grote Oost 58-60, 1621 BX Hoorn, Netherlands

Similar
  
Westfries Museum, Museum van de Twintigst, Centrum Varend Erfgoed, Noorderkerk, Affichemuseum

Oosterkerk or St. Anthony Church is a former Dutch Reformed Church in Hoorn, North Holland in the Netherlands. The church is a Rijksmonument and was designed in the Gothic style. The church's origins date back to 1450. The building that exists today was complete in 1616. Today, the church is a cultural center.

History

Oosterkerk was built in 1616. The church was originally Roman Catholic and was used primarily by fisherman and skippers. After the Reformation it became a Dutch Reformed Church. The church has stained glass windows, which underwent restorations in 1982.

The church's organ was built in 1764 by Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz. It is the only organ he built in North Holland. The organ is located on the west wall of the church and replaced an older organ from the 15th- and 16th-centuries. Bätz's organ stopped working in 1869. A new organ was built in 1871. It worked until 1960. Around that time, the church was decommissioned by the Dutch Reformed Church.

After decommissioning, the Oosterkerk Foundation took over management of the building. The organ was restored in 1982 by Vermeulen Alkmaar.

References

Oosterkerk (Hoorn) Wikipedia


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