Kerk Rottum
The church is located at the highest point of the mound (5 metres above NAP). The straight closed hall church was built in 1889 on the foundations of the old monastery church. The church hosts changing exhibitions.
Take a closer look
It started with Liudger who brought the Christian faith to Groningen. Liudger firmly took up the Christianisation of the pagan mound region and founded many churches there. So too on the Eelswerd mound south of Rottum. Probably from there, in the early thirteenth century, a monastery was built on the Rottum mound. It is first mentioned in 1226. The lands were mentioned earlier under the name Rotton.
Inside the church, you will find three items that recall the former monastery church. These include the old tower clock and the 17th-century pulpit. The organ (1862, Lohman) also served in the old Kloosterkerk for a few more years.
The three church trustees who were the seed...
It started with Liudger who brought the Christian faith to Groningen. Liudger firmly took up the Christianisation of the pagan mound region and founded many churches there. So too on the Eelswerd mound south of Rottum. Probably from there, in the early thirteenth century, a monastery was built on the Rottum mound. It is first mentioned in 1226. The lands were mentioned earlier under the name Rotton.
Inside the church, you will find three items that recall the former monastery church. These include the old tower clock and the 17th-century pulpit. The organ (1862, Lohman) also served in the old Kloosterkerk for a few more years.
The three church wardens who built the hall church in 1889 did not use the widely available monastic bricks, but bought the new bricks from the local Ceres brickworks. Striking on the exterior of the church is the beautiful decorative brickwork with red, yellow and dark bricks. Characteristic of the interior of this church are the plaster barrel vault, the decorative cast-iron ventilation grills, the wooden pews, the wooden organ stand supported by two cast-iron pillars and the eight pointed arch windows.
The church hosts changing exhibitions.