Oostkerk, Middelburg
| Oostkerk | |
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| Oostkerk "Koepelkerk" | |
 View of main entrance | |
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| 51°30′10″N 3°37′14″E / 51.50278°N 3.62056°E | |
| Location | Oostkerkplein 1, Middelburg |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Denomination | Protestant |
| History | |
| Founded | 1667 |
| Dedicated | 1667 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | |
| Style | neo-classical |
| Years built | 1667 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Middelburg |
The Oostkerk is a Protestant church in Middelburg. The church can be spotted on the Middelburg horizon by its characteristic round dome.
History[]
Interior Oostkerk in Middelburg
The church was designed by and Pieter Post and was built between 1648 and 1667.[1] After Drijfhout died in 1651, the building was continued under the Leiden architect , who had just completed the Marekerk in Leiden. The white organ was built by Gebr. de Rijckere from Kortrijk in 1782.[1] Two stained glass windows from 1664 still exist in the church, and the contains a bell by Claes Noorden and one by , 1715.[1]
See also[]
Other 17th century "round" churches of the Netherlands:
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Dutch Rijksmonument 29376 |
References[]
External links[]
Media related to Oostkerk (Middelburg) at Wikimedia Commons
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Categories:
- Churches in Zeeland
- Buildings and structures in Middelburg, Zeeland
- Rijksmonuments in Middelburg, Zeeland
- Churches completed in 1667
- 17th-century Protestant churches
- Octagonal churches
- 1667 establishments in the Dutch Republic