Kerk Hornhuizen
In the north of the province you will find the village of Hornhuizen. In the middle of the village stands a beautiful church with a cheerfully coloured spire and a special history.
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The present church of Hornhuizen is not the first church to have stood on this site. Earlier, a medieval church stood here, but it was lost during a fire in 1247. The church was then rebuilt and later the tower was given a new roof and a cheerfully coloured spire. At the time, the tower served as a beacon for shipping on the Wadden Sea. During recent restorations to the church, the church's domed lantern tower was given back its old colour scheme. This restoration also restored the tower's function as a beacon for shipping. The tower porch was decorated by designer collective Studio Job. In doing so, they left the walls unpainted in one place: a glass plate protects old graffiti there, including a message from French soldiers stationed in the village in 1810.
The church h...
The present church of Hornhuizen is not the first church to have stood on this site. Earlier, a medieval church stood here, but it was lost during a fire in 1247. The church was then rebuilt and later the tower was given a new roof and a cheerfully coloured spire. At the time, the tower served as a beacon for shipping on the Wadden Sea. During recent restorations to the church, the church's domed lantern tower was given back its old colour scheme. This restoration also restored the tower's function as a beacon for shipping. The tower porch was decorated by designer collective Studio Job. In doing so, they left the walls unpainted in one place: a glass plate protects old graffiti there, including a message from French soldiers stationed in the village in 1810.
The church holds a special Bible: an original seventeenth-century Staten Bible from 1682. Not a strict copy, but a beautifully designed book with detailed maps and artful capitals (the capital letters with which the chapters begin). The size is also impressive. The Bible measures 45 x 30 centimetres, is 11.5 centimetres thick and weighs over 7.5 kilos.
Today, the church is mainly used as Hornhuizen's village hall and as a wedding and mourning location. The church is also regularly used for exhibitions and the tower is set up as a viewpoint over the landscape. As a visitor, you can simply walk into the church. When the church is closed, the key can be requested from Galerie Gewaagd, among others.