Kerk Solwerd
In the late Middle Ages, Solwerd was a place of pilgrimage. Its healing waters attracted great interest, but attention cooled after the Reformation.
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Around 1500, a silver ciborium (host holder) containing three consecrated hosts was stolen from the church here. While fleeing, the thief threw the hosts into a well near Solwerd, after which the water became medicinal. A chapel was built above the well, near Solwerd church. The healing water attracted a lot of interest, but after the reformation, attention cooled. In 1682, the well was filled in by order of the vicar. Around 1780, the chapel was also demolished.
The current church arose on that spot in 1783. It is a rectangular hall church with a monumental south facade, a brick classicist pilaster facade with a wooden entablature and pediment. The church has a hipped roof and instead of a tower, it has an open wooden klokkenstoel. The bell in it was cast in 1949 by Van Bergen in Heiligerlee. An open wooden klokkenstoel is a rare sight in the province of Groningen.