Kerk Niebert
This beautifully situated white hall church was built at the end of the fourteenth century on a raised churchyard. The interior is largely defined by the work of the Groningen woodcarver Caspar Struiwig (1698–1748).
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Beneath the pulpit lies a cast-iron tombstone dating from 1849, featuring the familiar symbols of death: the winged hourglass, which refers to the passing of time; the butterfly, symbolising the departing soul; and the snake, which forms a circle by biting its own tail (a so-called ouroboros). This symbolises the cyclical nature of the natural world, the eternal return and the unity of all things.