Jacobuskerk Feerwerd
Rustpunt Jacobuskerk is located in the middle of the characteristic mound village of Feerwerd. The 13th-century church and its surrounding grounds are owned by the Stichting Oude Groninger Kerken and managed by a local committee of volunteers.
The church’s interior dates mainly from the 19th century. However, there are also a number of considerably older elements, including 16th- and 17th-century gravestones and a 17th-century pulpit.
For a number of years now, the committee that manages the church has been organising a series of winter concerts on Sunday afternoons during the winter months. The church is also available to hire for concerts, rehearsals or, for example, as a wedding venue (see www.kerkfeerwerd.nl). Once a year, on Good Friday, the church is still used for worship.
The area around Feerwerd, Middag-Humsterland, is described as a…
The church’s interior dates mainly from the 19th century. However, there are also a number of considerably older elements, including 16th- and 17th-century gravestones and a 17th-century pulpit.
For a number of years now, the committee that manages the church has been organising a series of winter concerts on Sunday afternoons during the winter months. The church is also available to hire for concerts, rehearsals or, for example, as a wedding venue (see www.kerkfeerwerd.nl). Once a year, on Good Friday, the church is still used for worship.
The area around Feerwerd, Middag-Humsterland, is listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List as one of the oldest continuously inhabited cultural landscapes. Originally, this was the area where the River Hunze flowed into the Wadden Sea. In the village of Ezinge (2 km west of Feerwerd), Museum Wierdenland offers a very comprehensive overview of the history of this fascinating area and its former inhabitants. At the Kloostermuseum in Aduard (5 km south-west of Feerwerd), visitors can see the contribution made by the monks of Aduard to the development of the area, including the reclamation of the islands of Middag and Humsterland during the Middle Ages.
Middag-Humsterland and the Reitdiep catchment area are a paradise for walkers and cyclists. The many small, often very old, winding roads and various new cycle paths lead through a surprisingly varied landscape with irregular land division and many small differences in elevation, where the influence of the (sea) water in the area is still clearly evident. The centuries-old mound villages lie scattered throughout this area like raised islands.
Passers-by are warmly welcome in the church and in the spacious church garden with its picnic tables.