Kerk Westernieland

This Romano-Gothic brick hall church was built in the 13th century. Originally, the church stood in the middle of the village of Westernieland.

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During the Christmas flood of 1717, the village was largely submerged, after which the church was rebuilt further to the east. As a result, the church now stands on the outskirts of the village. Against the chancel screen stands a seventeenth-century pulpit bearing the coat of arms of the collator, Schotto Tamminga van Bellingeweer. The balustrade organ, housed in a brown-painted case, with seven stops and an attached pedal, was built in 1893 by the firm P. van Oeckelen & Zonen. The central tower is crowned with a combination of a violin and wind instruments.

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