Monuments in Noord-Holland

R. Stenvert en C. Kolman (2006)

Gepubliceerd op 26-03-2018

The Herv church in Muiden

betekenis & definitie

(Kerkstraat 3), originally dedicated to St. Nicholas and St. Catherine, is a three-aisled pseudobasilical church with three-sided closed choir and a built-in tower of four sections with balustrade and tent roof. From the second half of the 12th century, the tufa stone Romanesque tower with corner lentils and round arch fries.

Possible early 13th century, the tower entrance was closed due to subsidence of the tower and the ground level elevations required by flooding. In the tower are two bells (1525) cast by Henricus de Borch. The Gothic nave and choir came into being in the beginning of the 15th century, where the facades were partially covered with tufa of the demolished predecessor. The form dates from the 16th century. sacristy. Restoration took place in 1829 and 1834. The church was restored in 1921-'28 (G.F. la Croix and J. de Meijer) and 1971-'78.

The interior is covered by wooden barrel vaults. Old wall paintings (possibly the second quarter of the 15th century) are preserved in the tower, the choir, the south aisle and the forem. sacristy. There are also two weapon glasses (1646). The inventory includes a pulpit (mid-17th century), a doophek (1647 with baptismal arch 1652), men's banks (1647 and 1652) and text signs for Pieter Cornelisz Hooft and his second wife Heleonora Hellemans (1647). In an (altered) organ case (1661) attributed to Jan Slegel is an organ (1835) built by H. Knipscheer.