Liudgerkerk Oldehove

The church at Oldehove dates back to the thirteenth century, but the tower was not built until the fifteenth century. The church underwent extensive renovation in 1664.

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Stones from the disused St Bernard’s Monastery in Aduard were used in its construction. Above the southern tower entrance is inscribed: ‘This is the gate of heaven’. A fine introduction to the rich interior of the Liudger Church, where various traces of the Ewsum, De Mepsche and Ripperda families can be found. For example, in the seventeenth-century gentlemen’s benches with coats of arms carved into the woodwork. Even greater opulence can be found in one of the two burial vaults. Here stands a beautifully carved tomb for the Viennese Countess Margaretha von Cobentzel.

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