Monuments in Noord-Holland

R. Stenvert en C. Kolman (2006)

Gepubliceerd op 30-03-2018

The (Herv.) Oostzijderkerk in Zaandam

betekenis & definitie

(Zuiddijk 1) is a two-aisled hall church with support bears swinging out at the bottom. The tower against the north facade has a lantern with frontals and six-sided needle spire. The medieval chapel that had been burnt down in 1576 was rebuilt around 1600 and developed into a pseudo-basilic church with a closed choir of five sides. In 1684-85, the south aisle of that church was replaced by a south aisle of equal length with the middle aisle with choir. These two naves got one wide five-sided closure. After the demolition of the old north aisle, the current neoclassical tower (round arch style) was erected in 1850 according to a design by L.J. Immink and foresee the old nave of a new facade in connection with the west façade of the south aisle, which had already been renovated in 1847. In the tower there is a clock (1700) cast by Claes Noorden and Jan Albert de Grave. Against the south aisle stands a plastered two-storey consistory (circa 1840).

The interior is covered by a wooden barrel vault (south aisle) and stucco vault (north aisle). The church has six 17th and early 18th century stained glass glasses (restored 1947), including two by G. van Houten (1686 and 1688) and one designed by Romeyn de Hooghe (1701). The inventory includes a pulpit and gentleman's bench (both at the end of the 17th century), two mourning boards (1718 and 1719) and an organ built by P. Flaes (1863).