Nederlands Hervormde Kerk De Rijp uit 1655, North Holland Province, The Netherlands

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A House of prayer

A Dutch Reformed Church in the village of De Rijp in the municipality of Graft-De Rijp, North Holland province. This late-Gothic church is where the Christian worship and other religious meetings are held. A church is also called House of prayer, prayer house, God's house or temple. This was built in the period 1538 to 1529. The village fire of 1654 engulfed the Church largely in flames. The Church was thereafter rebuilt. Many prominent donors made this church interior awesome like the stained glass windows, the pulpit, the baptism garden, the organ and the ship model hanged up high. Next to the church is the statue of the 17th-century sailor Jan Janszoon Weltevree (in Korea Pak Yon) from De Rij. He was in Korea was captured and brought to the Advisor of the emperor. A copy of this statue is in Seoul (South Korea).
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Grote Dam 6, 1483 BK De Rijp The Netherlands

Website

http://www.rijper-glazen.nl

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564mark13 5:00 PM Oct 16, 2016
A whale of a church!
The big church with the small tower is an attractive leftover from the 17th century collective spirit of the Dutch. When the good people of De Rijp lost their church in a great fire, surrounding towns including Amsterdam chipped in to finance reconstruction. The beautiful windows with remarkable coulour stem from that time, amazing how kind the centuries have been to this place.
3Solodam J 5:00 PM Jan 17, 2021
The Big Church of De Rijp
The "Grote Kerk" ( Big Church ) is more familiar name of this church. A part of the church was under construction when we visited the village De Rijp and the church was also closed. We took some picture and visited the graveyard. Besides the Big Church in De Rijp is a statue of Jan Jansz.Weltevree in Korean style clothes.