Kerk Marsum
One of the oldest Romanesque churches in the north, dedicated to St Mauritius. The gabled tower has a storey facing the nave. On the semicircular apse are so-called nuns and monks (semicircular roof tiles, concave and convex).
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A narrow hagioscope can be seen in the south wall. Inside is a flat 18th-century beamed ceiling and a choir screen from several centuries earlier. Construction of the church is said to have begun in the second half of the 12th century. The memorial stone shows that the west facade was renewed 1731 and later in 1905. The colour scheme of the interior dates back to around 1850, and the organ was built in 1822 by Johann Wilhelm Timpe. At the end of the French era, Marsum was largely destroyed in the siege of Delfzijl. But the church remained standing, high on the remnants of a mound. In the tower hangs a bell with an image of the church's patron saint and the inscription: 's. mauritius bin ick geheten marsum heft mi laten geten ao 1620, joannes symon & anthonius filius & petrus joly galli me fecerunt'.