Monuments in Noord-Holland

R. Stenvert en C. Kolman (2006)

Gepubliceerd op 30-03-2018

The Herv church in Wognum

betekenis & definitie

(Raadhuisstraat 15), originally dedicated to St. Hieronymus, is a one-aisled church with five-sided closed choir and a tower of three sections with balustrade and masonry eight-sided spire.

A chapel was mentioned in 1063. From the western part of the ship, the lower layers of tufa can stem from a 12th-century church that was renovated in the 15th century. Then the hefty tower also arose. In it hangs a clock cast by Pieter Vermaten (1695). At the beginning of the 16th century the higher choir arose, followed shortly afterwards by the eastern part of the ship. After a renovation in 1820-'21 the church got the current cast-iron windows in 1850. The tower was restored in 1840. At a restoration in 1952, the 19th-century church plaster was removed and the balustrade and spire renewed at the tower.

The interior is covered by wooden barrel vaults. The western part of the ship is divided into service spaces and has a visible roof. The church contains a mid-17th century pulpit with a copper baptismal basin (1659). The doophile with copper arch and lectern (both 1775) is executed in Louis XV style. Further remember two memorial plates, one of which is richly carved, at the Peace of Breda (1667). The organ cabinet by E. Leichel (1892) contains an organ of Johannes Mitterreither from 1787, originating from the R.K. St. Augustine Church in Amsterdam-Buitenveldert.

The presbytery (Raadhuisstraat 12) is a two-storey, medium-sized, mid-century house from 1870 in an eclectic style (eyebrows) with a conservatory (circa 1905).