Kerk Heveskes
A church without a village, thanks to an encroaching industrial area under the smoke of Delfzijl. The oldest part of the church dates from around 1200.
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The former mound village of Heveskes is one of the oldest inhabited mounds in the province of Groningen; finds indicate that the mound originated in Roman times. Heveskes was demolished in the 1970s for the construction of an industrial park in the municipality of Delfzijl; a small church with a substantial tower and a farmhouse is all that remains of the village.
The small flat-topped hall church with nave and a west tower was built between 1250 and 1270, the lower part of the tower dating back to 1200. St Andrew is in all probability the patron saint. Only the north wall of the nave remains of this church.
In 1584, the Staatse bezett...
The former mound village of Heveskes is one of the oldest inhabited mounds in the province of Groningen; finds indicate that the mound originated in Roman times. Heveskes was demolished in the 1970s for the construction of an industrial park in the municipality of Delfzijl; a small church with a substantial tower and a farmhouse is all that remains of the village.
The small flat-topped hall church with nave and a west tower was built between 1250 and 1270, the lower part of the tower dating back to 1200. St Andrew is in all probability the patron saint. Only the north wall of the nave remains of this church.
In 1584, the State occupation forced the population to pay dues; Heveskes refused and was set on fire. What was left of the church was used as fuel by the inhabitants of Oterdum. The church never recovered from this blow, as Abel Eppens describes at the end of 1585: "For ock winter und vorst was, die huysen no longer gesparet, ja Heveskens kerkcke werd affbroken und in den Westersche scanze vor Oterdum verbrant, daer nochtans groet gelt in torff to coste gelecht worde".Thereafter, the church was shortened and narrowed between 1595 and 1604, the west front of the tower and the needle spire were built in the years 1778-'80.
The church was further restored in 1999, followed by the cemetery in 2002. At the front of the church are several tombstones, the oldest dating back to 1681.