Monuments in Noord-Holland

R. Stenvert en C. Kolman (2006)

Gepubliceerd op 30-03-2018

The Herv church in Schermerhorn

betekenis & definitie

(Oosteinde 2) is a three-aisled pseudobasilical church with a five-sided closed choir and a slender built-in tower of two sections with balustrade and octagonal needle spire. This church, built in a Gothic style, was erected in 1634-'35. The mention of Jan Jansz Vijselaer on one of the drawbars in the ship shows his involvement in the construction. In the tower hang a clock cast by Assuerus Koster (1635) and a clock by François and Pieter Hemony (1653). The church has been restored around 1990.

The interior is covered by decorative painted wooden barrel vaults. The stained glass windows date from the construction period, as well as the pulpit, the doophek with benches, the five gentlemen's benches and the tour portal (everything circa 1635-'40). The church also contains a tomb floor, a decreed sign (1622), a wallplate with the building history (1636), an ordinance sign (1659) and two ship models (one dated 1663). The 18th century organ was in 1879 by F.G. Leichel placed in the church (restored 1974-'77).