Monuments in Noord-Holland

R. Stenvert en C. Kolman (2006)

Gepubliceerd op 30-03-2018

The Herv church in Oosterland

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(Kerkweg 22), originally dedicated to St. Michaël, is a single-nave church with a round closed choir and an unloved tower with constricted brick spire. The tufa-covered Romanesque ship was built around 1100 and is articulated by circular arcs and lisenen. On the north side the niches are wider than those on the south side. The possibly 13th-century Romanesque tower has light gaps down north and south.

In the tower there is a clock cast by Johannes and Gobelinus Moer (1499). The current brick steeple is early-17th century (renovated 1938-'39). At a church restoration in 1888-90, under the direction of P.J.H. Cuypers, a high 15th century hood was replaced by the current with a lower - more Romanesque - roof slope. The larger round arch windows, which were added in 1910, were replaced by small round arch windows in Romanesque style during the restoration in 1990-'95 (T. de Haan). Then the choir demolished in 1828 was rebuilt. The church interior, which was dismantled in 1937, contains an early 18th century pulpit and a cabinet organ, bought around 1900 in Velsen, with painted shutters, built in 1762 by Jacob Engelbert Teschemacher.